Mars

[Pitlamp]

Did the BEC manage to get a sticker on it then? 

 

[mrodoc]

Missed a trick there didn't we!

 

[Badlad]

Anyone seen the episode of the Big Bang Theory where Howard tries to chat up a girl by offering her a chance 'to drive a car on Mars".  Back in the lab, of course he gets the Mars Rover stuck in a ditch.  Leonard get off with the girl whilst Howard and the gang try to get the Rover unstuck.  All is lost and they cover their 'tracks' only to later hear the announcement that in the ditch the Rover discovered the first life on Mars.  its a hoot of an episode 

 

[Pitlamp]

Missed a trick there didn't we!

I bet you're just not admitting to it (yet)!

 

[oldfart]

There is some sort of message encoded in the stripes of the parachute.

 

[mrodoc]

Yup, in the papers this am.

 

[wellyjen]

There is some sort of message encoded in the stripes of the parachute.

The Grauniad reckon it says "Dare Mighty Things", not The BEC Get Everywhere, but they may have decoded it wrong.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/feb/23/dare-mighty-things-hidden-message-found-on-nasa-mars-rover-parachute

 

[mrodoc]

More like the club motto 'Everything to Excess' 

 

[andrewmcleod]

Sadly I think while the fabric was produced in Tiverton it was sewn into a parachute in the US, hence no chance to get a BEC sticker on it anyway...