Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Mars rover Curiosity checks in from the red planet on Foursquare

The first use of social media from another planet owes its origin not to a human, but to NASA’s $2.5 billion Mars Curiosity rover.

Last Wednesday the rover, in the midst of its second month of a two-year exploratory mission on Mars, listed its location for the first time on the social media platform Foursquare.

The so-called check-in is an example of a co-evolution between social media and space exploration.

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Curiosity rover becomes Foursquare mayor on Mars (Whittier Daily News)

Rover gets to play in 'sandbox' on Mars, give gizmos a test (The Keene Sentinel)

Curiosity prepares for first soil sample (Gizmag)

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