[Wazzim]

Hey @tweetsoutloud, you took us to Mars, let us take you to @e3expo! Hit us up if you or the team are interested in coming to E3!

What the hell? Someone give me a job at NASA, I'll take care of the stars and stripes Mohawk myself.

[Koomaster]

He's a dish I would eat for sure.

[Wafflecakes]

He is gorgeous. 9.5/10.

Would.

[speculawyer]

It’s been a crazy 24 hours for flight director Bobak Ferdowsi, and not just because he and the rest of his team at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory just landed an SUV on Mars. Ferdowsi has catapulted to Internet fame — thanks to his star-spangled Mohawk hairdo and the warm-hearted hotness he exuded during TV coverage of the Curiosity rover’s landing. He’s picked up 20,000-plus Twitter followers, with most of those added just since last night. He’s getting come-ons from fans of both sexes (“I’d let that be-mohawked NASA dude land his rover on my red planet any time,” one admirer wrote). A Tumblr tribute site has been created in his honor. And there’s a widely distributed LOL picture with the caption, “Becomes an Internet sensation … Too busy landing a robot on Mars to notice.”

Ferdowsi has a habit of adopting a fresh hairdo for each of the space missions for which he's at the controls, based on a vote by his teammates. For the Mars mission, they came up with a variety of fashion choices. "We had a Martian red," he said. "One vote to shave my head. Natural black. Then we had the Captain America look." He went with the Captain America Mohawk: black hair flecked with blue and red highlights, plus some bleached white stars on the side. He didn't ponder the effect of having his edgy 'do broadcast on NASA TV, and he was so wrapped up in Curiosity's entry, descent and landing that it took him a while to notice he was becoming a star himself. But then the messages and tweets started popping up on his phone. "I'm looking down, and thinking, 'This is crazy,'" he recalled.

http://cosmiclog.nbcnews.com/_news/2...s-mission?lite



Meet the Mohawk man:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlsaL...ature=youtu.be

[tuna on toast]

Hey, it's okay to admit it. He's a smart and handsome guy that has ladies fawning over him and a sweet job. I'm jealous too.

He could be homeless with cancer and AIDS and he'd still be a douche. Labeling someone as a douche doesn't mean you're jealous.

Post a picture of someone you consider a douche and I'll reply that you're jealous. Then maybe you'll see how dumb that is.

[speculawyer]

He could be homeless with cancer and AIDS and he'd still be a douche. Labeling someone as a douche doesn't mean you're jealous. Post a picture of someone you consider a douche and I'll reply that you're jealous. Then maybe you'll see how dumb that is.

[effingvic]

He could be homeless with cancer and AIDS and he'd still be a douche. Labeling someone as a douche doesn't mean you're jealous. Post a picture of someone you consider a douche and I'll reply that you're jealous. Then maybe you'll see how dumb that is.

damn son, did you send him a tweet too and got mad he didnt make you his waifu?

[tuna on toast]

damn son, did you send him a tweet too and got mad he didnt make you his waifu?

What do you mean?

[tuna on toast]

jealous

[Kad5]

Those damn persians are stealing all of our wimmenz.

[Mercury Fred]

Hot hot hot and does set off my gaydar a bit.

[BertramCooper]

"I’d let that be-mohawked NASA dude land his rover on my red planet any time,” one admirer wrote."

Telling a potential mate that your "planet" is red is probably not a great idea.

[Soybean]

He's trying way too hard to look cool. Too obvious.

Last I checked, mohawks aren't even remotely cool. I'd say he's just being geeky.

[Kad5]

Telling a potential mate that your "planet" is red is probably not a great idea.

"I'd let that mudda fucka cook some chelow kabob with me any day of the week."

[CriginsMcJuggs]

douchy geek

Better than the judgemental one

[Clevinger]

He could be homeless with cancer and AIDS and he'd still be a douche. Labeling someone as a douche doesn't mean you're jealous. Post a picture of someone you consider a douche and I'll reply that you're jealous. Then maybe you'll see how dumb that is.

There's definitely douchebag vibes coming off someone. I'm not so sure it's the NASA mohawk guy.

[tuna on toast]

Better than the judgemental one

says the person judging another

[teiresias]

Working for NASA at 23! I guess these are the jobs you get if you manage to not be poached by Wall Street?

These "he's only [insert age]!" posts somewhat astound me. That age seems the pretty standard age for engineering majors to start careers (and technically, NASA counts co-op time toward your "career time" so he could have technically been a co-op and not a full-time employee at 23).

I started as a co-op at NASA when I was 22, and started full-time when I finished my master's degree at 26 (with varying levels of work hours actually at NASA during the co-op time to fit in classes and thesis work), so it's not really all that unusual for 20-somethings to be in the NASA workforce. The last rocket project I worked on I was the oldest member on the team being 32, whereas on the current project I'm managing and doing design work for, I'm the youngest. It really just depends on the work.

[FLEABttn]

When Ubisoft reboots Prince of Persia again, it's gonna star this guy.

[CrushDance]

lol. Do they know he's Iranian?

[Vulcano's assistant]

[Crayons]

Would. Very hot guy.

[Air]

I just heard about this guy earlier today. Is he popular because he's an attractive scientist? Is the scientific field lacking in such beauty that one person becomes a meme because the bar is so low?

[neojubei]

He started at NASA when he was 23?

Thats how I feel now.

[EloquentM]

he changes his hair for everi big nasa project.

[Akkad]

These "he's only [insert age]!" posts somewhat astound me. That age seems the pretty standard age for engineering majors to start careers (and technically, NASA counts co-op time toward your "career time" so he could have technically been a co-op and not a full-time employee at 23). I started as a co-op at NASA when I was 22, and started full-time when I finished my master's degree at 26 (with varying levels of work hours actually at NASA during the co-op time to fit in classes and thesis work), so it's not really all that unusual for 20-somethings to be in the NASA workforce. The last rocket project I worked on I was the oldest member on the team being 32, whereas on the current project I'm managing and doing design work for, I'm the youngest. It really just depends on the work.

Show off.

[Karak]

I am still giggling about 32 being old hahahaha.

[Clevinger]

lol. Do they know he's Iranian?

What's wrong with that?

[speedline]

These "he's only [insert age]!" posts somewhat astound me. That age seems the pretty standard age for engineering majors to start careers (and technically, NASA counts co-op time toward your "career time" so he could have technically been a co-op and not a full-time employee at 23). I started as a co-op at NASA when I was 22, and started full-time when I finished my master's degree at 26 (with varying levels of work hours actually at NASA during the co-op time to fit in classes and thesis work), so it's not really all that unusual for 20-somethings to be in the NASA workforce. The last rocket project I worked on I was the oldest member on the team being 32, whereas on the current project I'm managing and doing design work for, I'm the youngest. It really just depends on the work.

I don't blame you for trying to get some of this guys action around here.

[Justin Timberlake]

This man is pretty much everything I aspire to be in life.

[Odrion]

His hair looks like a MLP.

[goomba]

Be funny if he turned out to be an Iranian spy :)

[Az987]

I'm a douche
You're a douche
He's a douche
Cause were all douche, HEY!

I'm a douche
You're a douche
He's a douche
Cause were all douche, hey!

Sing it with me GAF

[CrushDance]

What's wrong with that?

Those marriage proposals would be withdrawn very quickly if it were more widely known. Luckily for him though, even I had to take a double look when viewing his picture. It's nice to see someone doing something they're passionate about and not having to be some symbol or whatever for "their people" as some of the media has begun to spin it into.

[Im_So_Pringles]

Holy shit that mohawk is cool.

Also, the people calling him a douche are totally jelly.

[patrickthehedgehog]

[Fiction]

He is gorgeous. 9.5/10. Would.

Pretty and smart? Hell yes, sign me up.

[Crumpet Trumpet]

Some of the Tumblr fanart...







Lol, oh dear.

[tuna on toast]

Also, the people calling him a douche are totally jelly.

[Rentahamster]

Dude has a girlfriend. Heartbreak.

http://mynorthwest.com/75/718470/For...r-Mars-mission

Ferdowsi said he's got a girlfriend, although he's barely had any time to see her with everything going on.

Those marriage proposals would be withdrawn very quickly if it were more widely known.

You sure about that?

[Koodo]

OH MY.

The mohawk brought attention but the rest of the package cultivated interest. *O*

Dude has a girlfriend. Heartbreak.

As if that would stop some.

[Log4Girlz]

32 isn't young. thats like mid-old.

He's a young adult. Before 25 people are just young hooligans.

[Yasae]

Man is good-lookin. Surprise?

[CrushDance]

Dude has a girlfriend. Heartbreak. http://mynorthwest.com/75/718470/For...r-Mars-mission You sure about that?

What country do you live in?

[Rentahamster]

What country do you live in?

'Murica.

But I think your general assessment that no one would like him if only they knew he's ethnically Persian is a bit cynical.

[FStop7]

He looks a little bit like Zachary Quinto.

[mavs]

It's all fun and games until this guy ends up in the "other" fan art thread.

[YesNOnoNOYes]

Cool hair do for a geek :)

.....

Also, awwwwwwwwwwww he has a gf :(

Love him. Would. etc.

<3

[Sai-kun]

He's hot. Would!

These "he's only [insert age]!" posts somewhat astound me. That age seems the pretty standard age for engineering majors to start careers (and technically, NASA counts co-op time toward your "career time" so he could have technically been a co-op and not a full-time employee at 23). I started as a co-op at NASA when I was 22, and started full-time when I finished my master's degree at 26 (with varying levels of work hours actually at NASA during the co-op time to fit in classes and thesis work), so it's not really all that unusual for 20-somethings to be in the NASA workforce. The last rocket project I worked on I was the oldest member on the team being 32, whereas on the current project I'm managing and doing design work for, I'm the youngest. It really just depends on the work.

Pics of you with a mohawk and stars now. Thanks! :)

[SUPREME1]

I started working at [very well known technology company] at age 22, 22/23 is typically the age that engineering students get hired on somewhere.

NASA