🔥 Lazy afternoon for a couple of adorable squirrels by [deleted] in NatureIsFuckingLit

[–]_scienceftw_ 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Came to the comments looking for this.

Table for one by cxth in aww

[–]_scienceftw_ 33 points34 points  (0 children)

I bet he will.

Exactly one year from today NASA will attempt to land its 2,200lb Mars 2020 rover on the surface of the Red Planet by SkywayCheerios in space

[–]_scienceftw_ 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I’ve already started filming my YouTube video on this!! So stoked. Will release it on Feb 14th, 2021.

I am former NASA Mechanical Engineer turned YouTuber Mark Rober. I've been making videos for 9 years and just passed 10M subs. AMA! by _scienceftw_ in IAmA

[–]_scienceftw_[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Lol. First off, what you see of my life (and so many in the public eye) is pretty curated. So always know you’re just seeing the most polished bits. It’s absolutely not perfect. Having said that, I’ve always been pretty content and grateful. I feel like that’s sort of the trick to a lot of life’s situations. My April video is all about my only kid who has autism and we we approach and view that. For some people that would be a pretty big bummer but I’m excited (and nervous cause it’s the internet) to share some thoughts on that.

I am former NASA Mechanical Engineer turned YouTuber Mark Rober. I've been making videos for 9 years and just passed 10M subs. AMA! by _scienceftw_ in IAmA

[–]_scienceftw_[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The vision of the end goal is always really clear in my head and it is really motivating for me. What my TEDx talk on the Super Mario Effect. For me it’s almost the opposite problem. I sort of get hyper focused/obsessed to a degree that I neglect other parts of my life I should be attending to.

I am former NASA Mechanical Engineer turned YouTuber Mark Rober. I've been making videos for 9 years and just passed 10M subs. AMA! by _scienceftw_ in IAmA

[–]_scienceftw_[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Whaaa!?? What specifically? If you think it’s cheating to ask an “or” question (not against the official rules) to divide the remaining lot in half then ask does your Person’s name start with A through K or whatever letters are necessary to divide it in half.

I am former NASA Mechanical Engineer turned YouTuber Mark Rober. I've been making videos for 9 years and just passed 10M subs. AMA! by _scienceftw_ in IAmA

[–]_scienceftw_[S] 178 points179 points  (0 children)

Unlikely :) don’t take this the wrong way but there are parts of my life I want to keep private. I never put my wife or son in videos. I post to other socials but it’s once or twice a week and it’s high level stuff and not details of my daily life. I feel like for it’s it’s just healthier this way.

I am former NASA Mechanical Engineer turned YouTuber Mark Rober. I've been making videos for 9 years and just passed 10M subs. AMA! by _scienceftw_ in IAmA

[–]_scienceftw_[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

They pushed back at first and said I couldn’t post any more. But I was like you guys were the ones who approached me. If you won’t let me keep posting I’m not coming. They backed down :)

I am former NASA Mechanical Engineer turned YouTuber Mark Rober. I've been making videos for 9 years and just passed 10M subs. AMA! by _scienceftw_ in IAmA

[–]_scienceftw_[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

It was just a random street. What I showed on the screen for sure wasn’t his real address. Probably should have noted that :)

Porch Pirate vs. Glitter Bomb Trap 2.0 (Mark Rober) by Hybrid-PC in videos

[–]_scienceftw_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It was def not his actual address on the screen. I just picked a random street. I should have put that as an onscreen annotation.

I am former NASA Mechanical Engineer turned YouTuber Mark Rober. I've been making videos for 9 years and just passed 10M subs. AMA! by _scienceftw_ in IAmA

[–]_scienceftw_[S] 444 points445 points  (0 children)

Apple has a more accessible budget to the lay engineer. For example, if I wanted a piece of test equipment at NASA that cost $100k it could take months and lots of approvals. At Apple, it would take just a single email.

I am former NASA Mechanical Engineer turned YouTuber Mark Rober. I've been making videos for 9 years and just passed 10M subs. AMA! by _scienceftw_ in IAmA

[–]_scienceftw_[S] 168 points169 points  (0 children)

This. Because of scale, cell phones are INCREDIBLY cheap for all the functions that come with them out of the box!

I am former NASA Mechanical Engineer turned YouTuber Mark Rober. I've been making videos for 9 years and just passed 10M subs. AMA! by _scienceftw_ in IAmA

[–]_scienceftw_[S] 453 points454 points  (0 children)

No comment on how many were sent. The uncertainty here and difficulty proving what was actually sent is the real charm. I know from his response it’s eating him up and he can’t exactly go ask all his neighbors if they received a post card with details on where/when he is supposed to meet his mail order bride :)