Curious is as Curious Does

April 30, 2010 Comments (4)

According to my sources, the name for the Mars Science Laboratory Rover that will hopefully be launching to Mars in the next year or two is…
(queue drumroll)
Curiosity!
And James Cameron has convinced NASA to keep the 3-D Camera onboard, and apparently is helping to develop it.
So 3D images from another planet may actually happen.
UPDATE: Here is an artist’s depiction of Curiosity, complete with size-scale comparing it to previous Martian rovers.

MSL Rover — NASA's next Mars Rover - the MSL-class Curiosity

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butchjax says:

April 30, 2010 at 15:56

That would be so awesome! True 3D instead of 3D created after the fact. 🙂

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1. Stryse says:
  
  April 30, 2010 at 16:44
  
  Heh. So soon after blogging about it, my RSS feed tells me the same thing.
  Article: James Cameron wants to film Mars in 3D
  I love how that works. The life of a Jedi is often one of wonder.
  
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  1. butchjax says:
    
    April 30, 2010 at 17:09
    
    Wonder and amazement are natural byproducts of viewing the world as an interconnected experience rather than a set of coincidences and chance. 🙂
    
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    1. Stryse says:
      
      April 30, 2010 at 17:34
      
      The very first piece of Holy Radcliffian Law states (quite simply):
      Coincidences aren’t.
      
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