How Curiosity got us to Mars - Bobak Ferdowsi

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In August 2012, the Curiosity rover landed on Mars. The landing itself was a huge achievement and required a lot of forethought and planning by a very smart team. In this TED Youth 2012 Talk, Bobak Ferdowsi, the mohawked member of that team, outlines various aspects of a Mars landing, including the Seven Minutes of Terror.

Talk by Bobak Ferdowsi.

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[Msstrawcherryblack]

If he has American citizenship, then he is an American from Iranian ancestry.

I Have American citizenship, but I have Italian ancestry, but consider myself an American.

[shmaveyea]

Im from Canada and I am also American, from North America. America is not a country.

[degomb]

but he didnt explain why they choose mars

[Plebbes]

Doesn't make you american by todays standards. When people say 'American' they mean people who live in the Unites States of America.

If every canadian suddenly were to refer to themselves as american would just confuse everyone since the term american is already established as name for people living in the USA. If you want to, you can refer to yourself as north-american.

[BenjaminSchriener]

Who cares if he's Iranian at all? Everybody has to come from somewhere. It must be nice to think that life started out as a race known as "white" right in the middle of the United States. But since almost everybody here knows that's not true, we need to accept the fact we all have ancestry from somewhere... and it's probably not the United States.

[2singmyheart]

i don't understand why everyone is so concentrated on his ethnicity. he's fucking cool and he's involved in a fucking awesome project. Deal with it!

[captaincarl1]

He's 100% cute. What he does is beneficial to America. It's beneficial to humanity.

[CrackingTechHD]

Wait... He's 100% Iranian.

[CrackingTechHD]

@iamcoolstephan1234 Nasa has 50% Iranians and this guy is also Iranian atleast half.

[CrackingTechHD]

Cool guy

[Gorilla Banana]

no you're a fucking Guido

[Laachon]

Yea I literally rolf:ed. Wouldn't say it give my, otherwise awesome, life meaning rather a funny spin to it. I'm mean, you Mr muslim probably can agree with this, making people angry is pretty fun. Especially people like you Mr son of Aisha. Hahaha, Hope to Allah you get that reference.