Mars rover Curiosity checked in on Foursquare from Mars

This news concerns an interesting complex, combining space technologies and Internet services. The fact is that today the Curiosity rover checked into the Foursquare service. Of course, he did it from Mars. So the service now has a place where we see a single visitor, and most likely, Curiosity will remain so for a long time.

In general, the check is not from the Earth, but from space was made not for the first time. In 2011, astronaut Doug Willock checked into Foursquare from the International Space Station. As for the rover, users of the Foursquare service will now be able to monitor the further operation of the device, according to the new mars rover chekin.
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Now NASA is actively working to promote its projects (by the way, by the way), using social media for that. Now NASA has established partnerships with several major services, including the above. In addition to the mars rover chekin, the developers of Foursquare included some emblems / symbols (badges) in the rover style. These symbols are given to users who are noted in various kinds of locations related to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. These emblems were developed earlier, and now with might and main used.

Perhaps it is such actions of research organizations that will help the general public to keep abreast of the latest scientific programs, including space exploration and near-Earth space.

Via DVICE