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Father of Lisp was also Grandfather of the Mars Rovers!

• meitham 9y ago
  He probably forethought of controlling rovers while designing Lisp. Genius man.
• jacobush 9y ago
  And the name of the proposed rover was "Beagle"!
  • _joel 9y ago
    Unfortunate name for a Mars rover, in the passage of time at least
    • jacobush 9y ago
      Made me wonder if Beagle 2 was in fact inspired by that robotic thing from 1964...
      • Steve44 9y ago
        I saw a TV programme about this last week, it was named after Charles Darwin’s ship - H.M.S. Beagle. A bit of interesting reading here http://www.beagle2.com/author/beagle2/ http://www.beagle2.com/author/beagle2/
        • jacobush 9y ago
          Yes, I know, but I mean maybe there was a hidden meaning to it.