...there's a cool looking film from PIXAR out next year about a small, wheeled robot left on an uninhabited planet*












* Earth!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAWIIlXNGwY

http://www.apple.com/trailers/disney/walle/hd/

Very cute

Doug

Heh, heh...yeah, that is pretty darn cute! Timing's not too bad with respect to MSL's launch, either...might just bump up public awareness of the mission.

For all those who anthropomorphise the MERs...

You mean, some people don't and just think of them as.... shudder... machines?!?!?!

Jim from NSF.com

You're right, what a belief!

We've known it always - they are alive on Mars:

(February05) http://www.greuti.ch/oppy/oppygagel.jpg

(duck and run)

No, No, NO!!! Don't laugh at that Stu, it's not funny, it's disrespectful... stop it...

Too late!

ROFL

"I don't care who you are--that's funny!"

That's really gonna skew the results of tests for organics!

This calls for some investigation with the RAT.

Er... what did it eat?

Berries!

Oh come on, we all know what they eat really...

Click to view attachment

Certainly! Do you remember, it was suddenly lost.

(It was called bunny...)

Oh, my! Are you suggesting our gentle rovers are carnivores?

Wellll....cursory visual examination of the evidence does not argue for herbivorous habits on the part of the originator...of course, I could be full of it....

You think that's a problem? It could be worse.



Andy