May 27 2008

Mars Lander Touches Down, Immediately Takes Picture of Foot

Published by Mind Scalpel at 12:43 pm under Science, Technology

Well, it’s comforting to know that we can send a spacecraft across the cold vastness of radiation-filled space, program it to land autonomously on a nigh-airless planet, and have it immediately replicate all the technological acuity of a clueless father vacationing at Disneyworld by taking a picture of its foot:

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