Is your regolith excavator fun enough?

1. Your friend calls you asking for a suggestion for the “Come As a Robot” costume party she’s going to tomorrow. You tell her to dress as:

The B-9 from Lost in Space.

Calculon from Futurama.

Pris from Blade Runner.

2. In the competition, your robot dug:

0 kg of regolith.

40 kg of regolith.

Who cares? It looked fantastic!

3. At your team meetings, you’re responsible for:

Writing the to-do list.

Bringing refreshments.

Programming the robot to bring refreshments.

4. You joined the Regolith Excavation Challenge because:

They were already having meetings at your house, so what the hell.

They were already taking apart your refrigerator for parts, so what the hell.

They were already moving your cheese, so what the hell.

5. Your team’s robot looks like:

The refrigerator that your team took apart for parts.

The bulldozer that your team took apart for parts.

The ski jacket that your team took apart for parts.

6. If your team wins the Regolith Excavation Challenge, you’ll:

Kiss the hot guy/girl on your team.

Kiss the big comedy check.

Kiss the robot.

7. If your team loses the Regolith Excavation Challenge, you’ll:

Get into a fight with an opponent.

Get into a fight with the hot guy/girl on your team.

Get into a fight with the robot.

8. In your opinion, digging regolith on the Moon is:

Something that astronauts will be doing eventually.

What you should be doing there right now.

What you do to rehearse for digging regolith on Mars.

9. Your team is driving to the Regolith Excavation Challenge, but you can’t agree where to stop for lunch. Finally you say:

“Let’s, like, stop at that mall food court. We’ll meet back in half an hour, or whatever.”

“Let’s go to that In-N-Out. The guy outside enters your order on a handheld.”

“Why are we eating food?”

10. You plan to apply your Regolith Excavation Challenge experience:

Writing a book.

Excavating regolith.

Telling other people how to excavate regolith.

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