NASA Pumpkin Carving Contest w/ LASERS!!!

I'm here today at NASA's Jet Propulsion laboratories as you guys know doing space stuff is really difficult so the recent incident by a private space company trying to get supplies to an International Space Station serves as a reminder that there is nothing routine about pushing the limits of mankind to help alleviate some of that stress here NASA they hold a pumpkin carving contest every Halloween and let me just preempt the super witty comments about your tax dollars at work by saying they only have one hour to do everything you're about to see and all the pumpkins and supplies are always purchased with their own money these guys are some of the most brilliant and hard-working people I've ever met so enjoy their awesomeness team-bonding have some fun on your mark get set carve you you let's try this one here here in the mouth we have a webcam which goes over to the computer which processes the image and tracks where your pages then the eye follows along using two servo motors to control the two x's that allows a full range of motion you I said before what makes NASA really great artists robots it's the people who build them and I know this because I got to work with most of the pumpkin carvers you saw in this video for nine years working on the Curiosity rover which safely landed on Mars two years ago I recently listened to the audiobook failures not an option and it tells the incredible story of the early days of NASA and how insane it was that a bunch of nerves with slide rules and just eight years could enable the first human being Emperor to stand firmly on something other than our planet you want to listen to this audio book for free audible has been kind enough to sponsor my channel so you can use the link in the description or go to audible.com slash mark rover and I know they're not new but I first tried audio books about a year ago long before audible approached me just because I felt like I didn't have any more time to read and now in the past year I have consumed more books than I have in the previous 10 just because I multitask and I listen while in the car or work around the house or exercising I don't know that sounds obvious but it's just one of those things you don't truly appreciate until you actually try it out so you get the NASA book I told you about or any book you want for free to try it out using the link in the description or audible.com slash market over plus I truly appreciate it because it helps me out and I have a notebook full of future ideas for videos and your support helps make them reality and with that I will leave you the words of Carl Sagan about the impact NASA's had on Apolo conveyed a confidence energy and breath the vision that did capture the imagination of the world it inspired an optimism about technology and enthusiasm for the future if we could fly to the moon as so many have asked what else were we capable of you

Channel: Mark Rober

Views: 2,392,928

Rating: 4.9279542 out of 5

Keywords: Jet Propulsion Laboratory (Spacecraft Manufacturer), pumpkin carving, pumpkins, Mark Rober

Id: ZxbGGGh5I7M

Length: 5min 27sec (327 seconds)

Published: Fri Oct 31 2014

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[u/jclishman]

Neat!

[u/ON3i11]

Those were so great.