# NASA hangs a dick on Mars **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 24, 2013, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-hangs-a-dick-on-mars/656608 "2013-04-24T17:34:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-hangs-a-dick-on-mars/656608/1 "2013-04-24T17:34:08Z")
Apparently Opportunity’s operators decided a little [interplanetary graffiti](http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/04/24/nasa_penis_mars/) was in order. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-hangs-a-dick-on-mars/656608/2 "2013-04-24T17:52:16Z")
Nice! ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-hangs-a-dick-on-mars/656608/3 "2013-04-24T17:56:52Z")
After all, it is [Mars](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/Symbol_mars.png) ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-hangs-a-dick-on-mars/656608/4 "2013-04-24T17:57:48Z")
What a tragedy ☹ Robots steal another record that should have done by a man.No one will ever be the first to draw a dong on Mars now. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-hangs-a-dick-on-mars/656608/5 "2013-04-24T18:04:09Z")
Damn teenagers. ---
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-hangs-a-dick-on-mars/656608/6 "2013-04-24T18:11:59Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > What a tragedy ☹ > Robots steal another record that should have done by a man.No one will ever be the first to draw a dong on Mars now. Not to mention that they’ve already sold out to the makers of male enhancement pills (Big Boner) > [@](#): > > We note the page allows visitors to “enlarge” the image. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-hangs-a-dick-on-mars/656608/7 "2013-04-24T18:35:22Z")
Howahd! Are you done playing with your Mars rover yet? We’ah having brisket for dinner! ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-hangs-a-dick-on-mars/656608/8 "2013-04-24T18:42:01Z")
Red Rover, Red Rover, won’t you come over? ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-hangs-a-dick-on-mars/656608/9 "2013-04-24T18:47:01Z")
I’m just trying to think of ways to work the phrase “puerile space boffin” into my next party conversation. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-hangs-a-dick-on-mars/656608/10 "2013-04-24T18:51:34Z")
> [@cjepson](#): > > I’m just trying to think of ways to work the phrase “puerile space boffin” into my next party conversation. “[Wollowitz](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Wolowitz)” ---
**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-hangs-a-dick-on-mars/656608/11 "2013-04-24T19:31:30Z")
I expect that NASA may regret letting Jeremy Clarkson testdrive the Mars rover for an upcoming (hah) episode of Top Gear. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-hangs-a-dick-on-mars/656608/12 "2013-04-24T20:53:34Z")
😛 A giant schlong? I guess that’s Mans ultimate stamp on Mars. > **[Jeremy Clarkson would be proud: Nasa rover really DID draw a 'gentleman...](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2313986/Clarkson-proud-Tracks-left-Nasas-Mars-rover-reveal-obscene-penis-picture-red-planet.html)** > > The comical picture, understood to be a genuine image from the Martian surface, was discovered on Nasa's website, which crashed after Reddit users pointed out its resemblance to male genitalia. The original Reddit link. [http://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/1cxwur/mars\_rover\_800m\_team\_to\_operate\_1b\_drawing\_a/](http://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/1cxwur/mars_rover_800m_team_to_operate_1b_drawing_a/) Love those folks on Reddit. 🙂 Mars Rover = $800m, Team to Operate = $1b. Drawing a penis on the surface of another planet = Priceless. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-hangs-a-dick-on-mars/656608/13 "2013-04-24T20:56:17Z")
[Ninja’d](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=689094) ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-hangs-a-dick-on-mars/656608/14 "2013-04-24T20:56:22Z")
I blame mohawk guy ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-hangs-a-dick-on-mars/656608/15 "2013-04-24T21:01:56Z")
Whoops. I looked and didn’t see that other thread. :smack: I see a thread merge in my future. Sorry guys. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-hangs-a-dick-on-mars/656608/16 "2013-04-24T21:17:38Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I see a thread merge in my future. Sorry guys. Whoa. Uncanny. ---
**Author:** ![pete66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8c91f0/32.png) [@pete66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pete66)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-hangs-a-dick-on-mars/656608/17 "2013-04-24T21:32:12Z")
Whats really great was when NASA noticed, they didn’t pull it from their website, they put up a high res image. “However, it appeared they soon got the joke, uploading a higher resolution version - although no official comment on the picture has been made.” ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-hangs-a-dick-on-mars/656608/18 "2013-04-24T22:28:36Z")
This [hubble image](http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=boyleEA7A68C5-31AB-9F08-313D-640DB2BC3FB8.jpg&width=600) is from a NBC article. A sub-cloud of dust in the Carina Nebula displays what some have called "the cosmic finger of friendship. 😃 > **[NBC News - Breaking News & Top Stories - Latest World, US & Local News](https://www.nbcnews.com/?lite)** > > Go to NBCNews.com for breaking news, videos, and the latest top stories in world news, business, politics, health and pop culture. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-hangs-a-dick-on-mars/656608/19 "2013-04-24T22:48:01Z")
Oh, shite! That big week-long multi-thread misogyny shitstorm we just had here, and now _this._ It’s gonna hit the fan now. (Just as soon as Venus sees it.) ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-hangs-a-dick-on-mars/656608/20 "2013-04-24T23:27:57Z")
There seems to be very little coming from the Mars probe-why? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-hangs-a-dick-on-mars/656608.md?page=2)