The Mars penny all shiny before launch (left) and on Oct. 2. The coin is a 1909 VDB cent. The initials “VDB” of the coin’s designer, Victor David Brenner, are etched onto the reverse side. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
The Mars penny all shiny before launch (left) and on Oct. 2. The coin is a 1909 VDB cent. The initials “VDB” of the coin’s designer, Victor David Brenner, are etched onto the reverse side. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Liberty! It rocks.
That’s very neat. Good for the man who thought of it and bought the Penny. Very nice touch.
Thanks, that’s cool! Had not heard about that.
Great story, the Curiosity also carries my name etched on a chip.
Look at that image crosseyed for an interesting faux stereoscopic effect.
Back in the late 80s or very early 90s I recall Astronomy magazine has a blurb about Jupiter (possibly a transit event) and they had 2 images of Jupiter side by side taken a few hours apart. The ever so slight rotation of the planet... though they did not mean for this effect... lent itself to a perfect stereoscopic view of the planet. Looking at the twin image “just right” truly did render depth... it looked like a marble you could reach out and touch.
Shelia Jackson Lee must be beside herself that the first politician on Mars is a Republican. Probably will demand an investigation as to why a bi-partisan team of politicians were not sent there to plant the US flag. :-)
They probably got the idea from watching that Adventure Time episode of Abe Lincoln on Mars.
In a Hundred and Fifty years some kid on a field trip is going to snag that sucker!
It will irk liberals (er, “progressives”) to no end that “In God We Trust” is on a NASA robot on Mars. That will be the last time that happens.
I thought this was going to prove to be some lame provocative headline, tied to a silly speculative article, but instead it is actually quite interesting. Thanks!
