Mark Rober
publication date: Saturday, December 21, 2024 (part of December 2024)
category: Internet
clue: Working at NASA did not satisfy this engineer's curiosity, so he started making videos that were as holey, glittery, squirrely, and crunchy as possible.
explanation: Rober is a YouTube star and former NASA engineer who worked on Curiosity, the Mars rover. He started CrunchLabs to encourage children to learn engineering principles. Three of his most viral videos involved a "gaping hole in chest" Halloween costume, a "glitter bomb" made to annoy package thieves, and a backyard obstacle course for squirrels. more…
intended difficulty: easy
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, and Richard Slominsky