Photo credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
by David M. Sykes, Vice Chair, The Quiet Coalition
Here’s some real buzz from NASA: they’ve launched a robotic helicopter on Mars. The old Zen koan needs a re-write: “What is the sound of one hand clapping?”
Now it’s: “What is the sound of a robot helicopter on an empty planet?”
Will it make Amazon Prime deliveries? To whom—since there’s nobody there yet? Can we call in a takeout order for Mars rocks?
Chances are we’ll see–and hear–robotic helicopters taking off from the roof of Whole Foods before our order from Mars hits the doorstep.
