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Chances are, by the time you read this article, 2012 will be long gone and we’ll be at the start of yet another year. 2012 was kind of crazy though, wasn’t it? Sudden hurricanes, political disputes, an apocalypse that never showed up, an even crappier book series than Twilight, etc. etc. etc. Yes indeed, this year really was an odd one.
Here’s a look at fifteen of the most memorable things to happen during 2012.Continue Reading
It’s been quite an amazing year for NASA, the whole world tuned in when their state of the art rover, the Curiosity successfully landed on the Red planet and began broadcasting footage back to earth.
Now, following the hype surrounding Curiosity’s mission, the space agency announced at the meeting of the loik, that they planned on constructing another rover that would make her way to Mars in 2020.
The 2020 Mars mission rover will follow in Curiosity’s footsteps (or tire tracks if you prefer) and will be charged with continuing the search for Martian life on the planet, whether that be past or present. It is also another step in the long standing NASA goal to capture samples of Martian soil to bring back to earth for analysis. Continue Reading
Never missing a trick, Lego fanatics Doug Moran and Will Gorman built a functioning replica of the NASA Mars Rover Curiosity that landed safely on the Red Planet yesterday!
Using 7 Lego Mindstorms NXT bricks, 13 NXT motors and more than 1000 Lego pieces, Gorman and Moran’s Curiosity is almost as impressive as the real thing! It has 6 wheels, 4 of which are powered and independently steerable meaning that it can make 360 degree turns nearly as effortlessly as its NASA counterpart. The Lego Curiosity even has a robotic arm and mast that the operator can control using a joystick! Continue Reading
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