Monday, August 6, 2012

Curiosity's Successful Landing On Mars Explained: iPhones, iPads, And, Of Course, Macbooks

Aside from the hard work and dedication of the scientists and engineers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern Calfornia that accounted for the successful landing of the Curiosity rover on late Sunday night, there is another factor for it.

Apple gears.  And just about every device was well-represented inside the control room.


The pic says a lot doesn't it?  Now, I'm wonder just what future rovers would look like if Apple's world-class designers and engineers were to be asked to design the next generation of rovers and spacecrafts and how Samsung would try to copy that.

Source: Appleinsider.

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