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39. Mars Rover tweets like a sentient being, too

Reply to Jesus Malverde (Original post)

Tue Feb 4, 2014, 01:41 PM

Feb 2014

https://twitter.com/MarsCuriosity

I think the Chinese, like NASA, realized that the public likes their robots to have a personality. Call it the R2D2 effect.

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�Goodnight Earth. Goodnight humanity�: China�s Jade Rabbit rover tweets its own death [View all] Jesus Malverde Feb 2014 OP

Psst China, your broken rover is not intelligent. tridim Feb 2014 #1

Maybe engineer nerds don't make the best poets? FSogol Feb 2014 #2

Maybe something gets lost in translation, or Blue_Tires Feb 2014 #3

Suspect is particular dialect of bureaucratese Jesus Malverde Feb 2014 #23

I think it is deeply misguided to say that science shouldn't be poetic or dramatic. Kurska Feb 2014 #5

Absolutely, let brilliant science speak poetically. tridim Feb 2014 #6

To hell with your Star Trek cultural imperialism. You undervalue Chinese culture. Give it a rest. nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2014 #19

You're going to hate what the Japanese send up later this year TlalocW Feb 2014 #16

China knows that. Your shot is cheap. Jade Rabbit is a tremendous accomplishment. nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2014 #18

I'd imagine there are a handful of petulant children who may feel the same LanternWaste Feb 2014 #20

Goodnight humanity? eShirl Feb 2014 #4

Someday, I will return and wreak vengeance upon the Earth for stranding me here. Liberal Veteran Feb 2014 #7

vger AngryAmish Feb 2014 #10

moon dust/temp extremes not to good for those flippy-floppie solar panels. Sunlei Feb 2014 #8

Meanwhile.... adieu Feb 2014 #9

Like tears in rain dipsydoodle Feb 2014 #11

That is a good one. SoLeftIAmRight Feb 2014 #12

So sad. dipsydoodle Feb 2014 #15

Found the book in a used book store a few months back. SoLeftIAmRight Feb 2014 #30

Have you tried amazon.co.uk ? dipsydoodle Feb 2014 #31

Many Thanks. SoLeftIAmRight Feb 2014 #36

great movie heaven05 Feb 2014 #17

+1 wandy Feb 2014 #28

Best movie ever. blackspade Feb 2014 #32

Probably shouldn't have bought solar panels from Harbor Freight. lumberjack_jeff Feb 2014 #13

lol Jesus Malverde Feb 2014 #14

You may not remember the beginning of the american space program in the early 60s kmlisle Feb 2014 #21

I remember challenger for sure. Jesus Malverde Feb 2014 #22

You may be right about the overall culture there but the Astronauts were more fun. kmlisle Feb 2014 #24

Asian cultures have long loved death poems jmowreader Feb 2014 #25

Ya it's just weird when a remote robotic mission tweets... oNobodyo Feb 2014 #26

The Red Eye dies. PeoViejo Feb 2014 #27

Now that it is offline... penndragon69 Feb 2014 #29

Still not the saddest bit of rover-inspired art. (link) LeftyMom Feb 2014 #33

That's so sad, poor little guy!!! Beacool Feb 2014 #34

That last shot of the poor little rover in the void.... Jesus Malverde Feb 2014 #37

Yup. FiveGoodMen Feb 2014 #38

good thread frwrfpos Feb 2014 #35

Mars Rover tweets like a sentient being, too mainer Feb 2014 #39