"Becomes an internet sensation. Too busy landing a robot on Mars to notice."

[Poll_Blind]

This is Bobak Ferdowsi, the activity lead and flight director on the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity mission.

He chooses a new hairstyle for every mission.

And every one of them look good, 'cause they're sitting on top a badass!

Bobak Ferdowsi's Mohawk Blows Up Twitter As NASA's Curiosity Rover Lands On Mars



And I can't resist one more...



PB

[Gidney N Cloyd]

1. Wait a minute...

I thought in the future everyone wore silver uniforms?

[Poll_Blind]

2. They normally do. But he's the one the _rebel scientists_ sent back in time to help us.

PB

[Grown2Hate]

3. Anyone else notice that the NBCNEWS.COM article links DIRECTLY here to this pic on DU?

Pretty interesting! SUCH a great night last night.

[bananas]

5. I just noticed, Alan Boyle linked to this thread from his cosmicblog at NBC News!

I was reading Alan Boyle's article at http://cosmiclog.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/08/06/13147686-nasas-mohawk-guy-marvels-at-newfound-fame-and-mars-mission

and came across the embedded link to this thread in this sentence:

And there's a widely distributed LOL picture with the caption, "Becomes an Internet sensation ... Too busy landing a robot on Mars to notice."

[Poll_Blind]

13. All I need is CBS now and I'll have the three majors, heh heh. nt

PB

[a la izquierda]

4. *swoon*

I love me some hot scientists. I think it's because my history PhD brain simply doesn't understand how their science PhD brains work at all.
And there'd be some serious chemistry.

[blogslut]

8. *swoon* indeed

What a cutie.

[NYC_SKP]

6. PB, this thread is now famous, posted on the Internet Nooze, MSM!

Here: http://upload.democraticunderground.com/10021097735

[DevonRex]

7. And it was linked on NBC.

There's a post above from Monday with the link in it. Pretty cool.

[Poll_Blind]

10. Heh heh, thanks for the heads up! I was like "Why does my thread have 26,000 views?"

PB

[Warren DeMontague]

9. Heh Heh.. Yeah, it's not your Parents' JPL.

Look, a guy with long gray hair! And did you see the woman? With the bandana?

Yeah, mac, that's America. And those people just put a big hole in the lie that "we can't build things, we can't do things, we can't dream things anymore"

We can. We did. THEY did. Including the woman with the bandana, the Deadhead, and the guy with the Mohawk.

[msanthrope]

11. Congrats Poll Blind!!! This thread made ABC NEWS!!!

http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/nasas-mohawk-guy-gets-galaxy-marriage-proposals-191058476--abc-news-topstories.html

Click the hotlink at the word "meme" in the 6th paragraph!

Hat tip to Skip Intro...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021097735

[Logical]

12. Too many Americans don't care about science. Dancing with stars more important.

[Marrah_G]

14. He is SO friggin' cute

omg

[Ikonoklast]

15. Funny, I got to this thread from the link to DU!