NASA engineers faced a critical challenge in October. Their mission? To bring home the trophy at NASA’s annual pumpkin-carving contest with the weirdest, most high-tech design.
These scientists, who typically work on spacecraft at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, had just an hour to open a pumpkin, scoop out the seeds and design and display their Halloween creations.
Beam me up!
Is anything safe from one team’s silver-colored UFO pumpkin?
Martian Sample Return Mission #NASAPumpkin pic.twitter.com/4p2lvsy7MH
— Aaron Yazzie (@YazzieSays) October 27, 2016
Through the wormhole
Nothing, not even candy, can escape the irresistible black hole (which is a pumpkin):
Black hole #NASAPumpkin pic.twitter.com/CEmOSB2csB
— Aaron Yazzie (@YazzieSays) October 27, 2016
Not in the mood
Amid the festivities, this robot pumpkin declined to participate: Watch what happens after someone flicks the switch:
Need last minute 🎃pumpkin🎃 carving tips? Check out what some of our employees came up with this year. Full gallery: https://t.co/jzPuMyIE1G pic.twitter.com/6eTtXsQmc2
— NASA JPL (@NASAJPL) October 28, 2016
Check out more out-of-this-world designs from the Jet Propulsion Lab on Flickr and maybe get some ideas for your own space pumpkin.
