my friend, Curiosity

This is the audio complement to space matter(s): volume (msl)

The celebration of (my friend) Curiosity’s 10 years on Mars continues. I’m joined by Mallory Lefland: a (NASA/JPL) systems engineer whose first Martian was Curiosity. We talk about an infamous computer event on Sol 200, a really cool software thing you’ve wrongfully probably never heard about called dream mode which Curiosity still uses everyday, and Mallory shares her personal thoughts on my “Don’t Touch the Robots” petition proposal.

Go ahead, take a listen.

And don’t forget to check out the volume (msl)

A Curiosity Selfie made possible by MAHLI on (her land-iversary) August 5th, 2015 or Sol 1065. (Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS)

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“Mars is the only planet in the solar system populated entirely by human made robots.” - me

This has been space matter(s). 

See you in the starstuff.

-RRR