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Curiosity Rover Makes First Foursquare Check-In On Another Planet

Posted by samzenpus on from the martian-marketing dept.

cylonlover writes "NASA launched a strategic partnership with location-based social networking site foursquare in 2010 with the first-ever check-in from the International Space Station (ISS) by astronaut Doug Wheelock. Now the space agency has gone one better with the first check-in on another planet thanks to its Curiosity Mars rover. Since fellow foursquare users will have a hard time checking in on the Red Planet themselves, they'll instead be able to earn a Curiosity-themed badge for visiting locations relating to science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The badge will be available later this year and is designed to spark the scientific curiosity of foursquare users by encouraging them to visit science centers, laboratories and museums."

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  1. What next? by gelfling · · Score: 5, Funny

    Curiosity is a judge on America's Got Talent?

    1. Re:What next? by SJHillman · · Score: 3, Funny

      No, but it will be a judge on Martian Idol. The best part is the thin atmosphere prevents any of the contestants from "singing" very loudly in the few seconds before they pass out from lack of oxygen.

  2. Curiosity runs ios 6 by badford · · Score: 5, Funny

    so it was actually on mercury. Damn Apple maps!

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  3. Re:Quick question by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Gender unspecific - that's why it's so damn curious

  4. Re:Quick question by Chuq · · Score: 5, Funny

    Mars Rover Bicuriosity will be visiting Uranus next year.

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  5. Re:Quick question by dkleinsc · · Score: 3, Funny

    No it won't: Astronomers changed the name to Urrectum to end that stupid joke once and for all.

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  6. Re:Mayor of Mars? by dkleinsc · · Score: 4, Funny

    Nah, it's against its programming to impersonate a deity.

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  7. Re:Mayor of Mars? by Dogtanian · · Score: 1, Funny

    Mayor of Mars? Or would it be more like God-Emperor by the time anyone else sets foot there?

    I believe that the technically correct title for *any* Foursquare user is "Narcissistic, self-obsessed hipster scum". (^_^)

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  8. Re:Quick question by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well it has a drill and 17 cameras connected to the internet to document it's drilling. So I would says its male.

  9. Re:Quick question by Megane · · Score: 4, Funny

    Urectum? U nearly killed um!

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