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'Sarcastic Rover' Twitter account brings Mars down to Earth
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Posted on 08/06/2015 2:35:16 PM PDT by BenLurkin

The Sarcastic Rover parody Twitter account came into being on Aug. 6, 2012 (or Aug. 5, depending on the time zone), the night of the famous "seven minutes of terror" landing that brought Curiosity to the Martian surface. Sarcastic Rover's brand of science-minded wit was apparent from the moment it arrived on Twitter.

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The parody account resonated with people immediately. The account attracted about 7,000 followers during its first night online, according to Jason Filiatrault, a screenwriter and the mind behind the sarcastic robot. Sarcastic Rover now has about 134,000 followers, three years into Curiosity's mission.

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SarcasticRover ‎@SarcasticRover

Sure... Let's make a giant poster to get the human back. DON'T BOTHER MENTIONING ME AT ALL! @MartianMovie

3:03 PM - 4 Aug 2015

286 286 Retweets

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TOPICS: Humor
KEYWORDS: mars; rover; twitter

1 posted on 08/06/2015 2:35:16 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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