I only made it about halfway. "She is the embodiment of our wonderment, our curiosity as a species..."
Oh, please, fer chrissake. It's a wonderful thing. And it's a wonderful thing without schmaltz and pseudo-mystical music. In fact, I would argue, it's much more wonderful, because schmaltz and music are usually used in drama, and this is real.
Stop jamming emotion down my throat. Just talk to me about what's going on, and what I feel will be far more powerful than anything your crappy propaganda can inspire. Quit mixing fiction into my fact. posted by Malor at 1:01 PM on November 28, 2012 [2 favorites]
reworded: for chrissake, we don't need invented wonder, when the real wonder is right there. posted by Malor at 1:02 PM on November 28, 2012
I'm personally a little more forgiving of schmaltz when it's coming from the mouths of the people who built the thing. If anyone's earned the right to be sentimental about Curiosity, it would be them. posted by Narrative Priorities at 1:14 PM on November 28, 2012 [6 favorites]
Curiosity: I shall leave you as you left me. As you left her. Marooned for all eternity at the center of a dead planet. Buried alive...buried alive. Nasa: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! posted by blue_beetle at 2:41 PM on November 28, 2012 [2 favorites]
Stop jamming emotion down my throat. Just talk to me about what's going on, and what I feel will be far more powerful than anything your crappy propaganda can inspire. Quit mixing fiction into my fact.
The engineers and designers of early American rocketry devoured scifi. Tomorrow engineers and designers are doing the same thing with these videos.
I found this really neat video on how the team who organized the descent of the Mars Curiosity Rover, called the 7 minutes of terror. I ended up showing it to my 5th grade class during a unit on the solar system and they loooved it! posted by ruhroh at 5:14 PM on November 28, 2012 [1 favorite]
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Oh, please, fer chrissake. It's a wonderful thing. And it's a wonderful thing without schmaltz and pseudo-mystical music. In fact, I would argue, it's much more wonderful, because schmaltz and music are usually used in drama, and this is real.
Stop jamming emotion down my throat. Just talk to me about what's going on, and what I feel will be far more powerful than anything your crappy propaganda can inspire. Quit mixing fiction into my fact.
posted by Malor at 1:01 PM on November 28, 2012 [2 favorites]