posted 08-16-2012 12:10 PM
It's entertaining to a degree and another way for NASA to try and connect with the younger generation. It's not great (the lyrics, bikini Rover) but it's amusing.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 08-16-2012 12:19 PM
Hopefully not stating the obvious, but the 'bikini rover' is a direct parody from the original song's video.
p51 Member
Posts: 1642 From: Olympia, WA Registered: Sep 2011
posted 08-16-2012 12:22 PM
I liked it.
This goes along way for NASA's image with the public. Now maybe they won't see the agency as the cast of "Apollo 13" (middle aged and older white guys with zero social skills) but instead as younger, highly intelligent and motivated people who can actually step out into society and not look like fish out of water...
posted 08-16-2012 12:22 PM
Thank you for telling me that because I never saw the original video. Is that a characteristic of a space geek?
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 08-16-2012 12:40 PM
quote:Originally posted by Fra Mauro: Is that a characteristic of a space geek?
I don't think so because judging by the tweets and Facebook posts since the video was released, a great many space geeks are well aware of the original song/video.
You might just have aged out of the target audience...
Gonzo Member
Posts: 596 From: Lansing, MI, USA Registered: Mar 2012
posted 08-17-2012 05:42 AM
Too funny! Great video! Could go a long way to showing that the guys/gals at NASA aren't old fuddy-duddy nerds. Geeks, maybe, but definitely not nerds!
garymilgrom Member
Posts: 1966 From: Atlanta, GA Registered: Feb 2007
posted 08-17-2012 06:13 AM
I didn't know of the original video either.
I thought "we're better than SpaceX" was a bit impolite. I guess I'm showing my age.
Kudos to NASA for the video and publicity it's garnered.
bruce Member
Posts: 916 From: Fort Mill, SC, USA Registered: Aug 2000
posted 08-17-2012 07:51 AM
Finally! Being smart is cool again!!
issman1 Member
Posts: 1042 From: UK Registered: Apr 2005
posted 08-17-2012 09:56 PM
quote:Originally posted by garymilgrom: I thought "we're better than SpaceX" was a bit impolite.
Musk and co will probably be more chuffed about being mentioned than being slighted. Since NASA refers to Curiosity as she, why not a 'bikini rover'.
Hart Sastrowardoyo Member
Posts: 3445 From: Toms River, NJ Registered: Aug 2000
posted 08-18-2012 08:47 AM
Don't think any more impolite than the "Beat Ariane" T-shirts....
carl walker Member
Posts: 360 From: Netherlands Registered: Feb 2006
posted 08-26-2012 09:34 AM
Beat Ariane t-shirts? I gotta see those!
Dave Clow Member
Posts: 236 From: South Pasadena, CA 91030 Registered: Nov 2003
posted 08-26-2012 11:48 AM
quote:Originally posted by bruce: Finally! Being smart is cool again!!