Washington, August 14 (ANI): On Monday, US President Barack Obama called NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and congratulated the team involved with the landing of the rover Curiosity on Mars last week.
Further, he asked the rover team to let him know right away if they contact any life on the red planet.
"You guys have done an outstanding job, you've made us all proud," the Politico quoted the president as talking to Dr. Charles Elachi, the director of JPL.
Obama also joked that he would give the team "a little bit of time" to find and make contact with life on the red planet.
"If in fact you do make contact with Martians, please let me know right away. I've got a lot of other things on my plate, but I suspect that that will go to the top of the list. Even if they're just microbes, it will be pretty exciting," the president quipped.
Obama further joked about Curiosity's flight director, Bobak Ferdowsi, who has become something of an Internet sensation because of his mohawk hairdo.
"I, in the past, thought about getting a Mohawk myself," he said, adding that rocket scientists don't appear to be as nerdy they once were.
"You guys are a little cooler than you used to be," he added. (ANI)
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