Running The Mars Rover From Home Is The Coolest Remote Work Ever

Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson

Like people in other industries who have the means to do so, the scientists who operate the Curiosity Rover are working away from their office at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in southern California. Though technically when you run a craft that's on another planet, you're always working remotely. Plus: artist Greg Olijnyk makes intricate sculptures of robots, telescopes, ships and more out of plain old cardboard.

NASA's Curiosity Keeps Rolling As Team Operates Rover From Home (NASA)

Greg Olijnyk Makes Incredibly Detailed Sculptures out of Cardboard (Cool Material)

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