autoevolution 6 Apr 2021, 15:14 UTC ·
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Not that there are enough Earth-made vehicles up on Mars to get them mixed up, but NASA is taking things seriously and has fitted the Perseverance rover with a VIN of sorts. They call it PIN, which stands for Product Identification Number, and news of its existence was released a couple of days ago. 12 photos
The American space agency has always been in the habit of hiding interesting messages and clues on the hardware it sends out into space (there’s even a word for it,
festooning is how NASA calls this). Still, the rover that recently landed on Mars is filled with them.