What is the meaning of this writing on the InSight lander, and why is some in Braille?











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First Braille in Space?



On the left and right sides there is what looks to me to be Braille writing. What does it say?



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What is Little Giant, shown below?



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    Puzzlingly, Little Giant is a ladder company — that’s definitely their logotype. littlegiantladders.com
    – Russell Borogove
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    @RussellBorogove Potentially, since the calibration plate is right on the edge of the lander, the 'little giant' is actually on a step ladder or similar that just happens to be in frame
    – Jack
    15 hours ago








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    @Jack oh, duh! I finally figured it out. This photo wasn't taken on Mars. I can't believe that it never occurred to me. That the image is 4608 x 3456 pixels should have been a clue. I just assumed that the fact that the image had a PIA number and a JPL web page photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA22540 meant that it was a "space image".
    – uhoh
    15 hours ago

















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I spotted this image in this answer and a few things caught my eye.



Both images are cropped from the much larger image PIA22540.



First Braille in Space?



On the left and right sides there is what looks to me to be Braille writing. What does it say?



enter image description here



What is Little Giant, shown below?



enter image description here






nasa identify-this-object insight







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    Puzzlingly, Little Giant is a ladder company — that’s definitely their logotype. littlegiantladders.com
    – Russell Borogove
    16 hours ago






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    @RussellBorogove Potentially, since the calibration plate is right on the edge of the lander, the 'little giant' is actually on a step ladder or similar that just happens to be in frame
    – Jack
    15 hours ago








  • 1




    @Jack oh, duh! I finally figured it out. This photo wasn't taken on Mars. I can't believe that it never occurred to me. That the image is 4608 x 3456 pixels should have been a clue. I just assumed that the fact that the image had a PIA number and a JPL web page photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA22540 meant that it was a "space image".
    – uhoh
    15 hours ago















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I spotted this image in this answer and a few things caught my eye.



Both images are cropped from the much larger image PIA22540.



First Braille in Space?



On the left and right sides there is what looks to me to be Braille writing. What does it say?



enter image description here



What is Little Giant, shown below?



enter image description here






nasa identify-this-object insight







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I spotted this image in this answer and a few things caught my eye.



Both images are cropped from the much larger image PIA22540.



First Braille in Space?



On the left and right sides there is what looks to me to be Braille writing. What does it say?



enter image description here



What is Little Giant, shown below?



enter image description here






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    Puzzlingly, Little Giant is a ladder company — that’s definitely their logotype. littlegiantladders.com
    – Russell Borogove
    16 hours ago






  • 2




    @RussellBorogove Potentially, since the calibration plate is right on the edge of the lander, the 'little giant' is actually on a step ladder or similar that just happens to be in frame
    – Jack
    15 hours ago








  • 1




    @Jack oh, duh! I finally figured it out. This photo wasn't taken on Mars. I can't believe that it never occurred to me. That the image is 4608 x 3456 pixels should have been a clue. I just assumed that the fact that the image had a PIA number and a JPL web page photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA22540 meant that it was a "space image".
    – uhoh
    15 hours ago
















  • 2




    Puzzlingly, Little Giant is a ladder company — that’s definitely their logotype. littlegiantladders.com
    – Russell Borogove
    16 hours ago






  • 2




    @RussellBorogove Potentially, since the calibration plate is right on the edge of the lander, the 'little giant' is actually on a step ladder or similar that just happens to be in frame
    – Jack
    15 hours ago








  • 1




    @Jack oh, duh! I finally figured it out. This photo wasn't taken on Mars. I can't believe that it never occurred to me. That the image is 4608 x 3456 pixels should have been a clue. I just assumed that the fact that the image had a PIA number and a JPL web page photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA22540 meant that it was a "space image".
    – uhoh
    15 hours ago










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Puzzlingly, Little Giant is a ladder company — that’s definitely their logotype. littlegiantladders.com
– Russell Borogove
16 hours ago




Puzzlingly, Little Giant is a ladder company — that’s definitely their logotype. littlegiantladders.com
– Russell Borogove
16 hours ago




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@RussellBorogove Potentially, since the calibration plate is right on the edge of the lander, the 'little giant' is actually on a step ladder or similar that just happens to be in frame
– Jack
15 hours ago






@RussellBorogove Potentially, since the calibration plate is right on the edge of the lander, the 'little giant' is actually on a step ladder or similar that just happens to be in frame
– Jack
15 hours ago






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@Jack oh, duh! I finally figured it out. This photo wasn't taken on Mars. I can't believe that it never occurred to me. That the image is 4608 x 3456 pixels should have been a clue. I just assumed that the fact that the image had a PIA number and a JPL web page photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA22540 meant that it was a "space image".
– uhoh
15 hours ago






@Jack oh, duh! I finally figured it out. This photo wasn't taken on Mars. I can't believe that it never occurred to me. That the image is 4608 x 3456 pixels should have been a clue. I just assumed that the fact that the image had a PIA number and a JPL web page photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA22540 meant that it was a "space image".
– uhoh
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"I was thinking what else could we put on there that could be a kind
of code that people in the know could look at and figure out?" said
Bruce Banerdt, InSight's principal investigator at JPL, in an
interview with collectSPACE. "I thought, 'What about braille?'




http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-112618a-mars-insight-braille-jpl.html






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    great job, now we just have to find out the story behind it. It may in fact be the first Braille in space!
    – uhoh
    15 hours ago










  • I think memorial coins for Louis Braille (inventor of Braille writing) that flew on the 2009 Hubble servicing missions had Braille writing on them.
    – Bob Jacobsen
    7 hours ago











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"I was thinking what else could we put on there that could be a kind
of code that people in the know could look at and figure out?" said
Bruce Banerdt, InSight's principal investigator at JPL, in an
interview with collectSPACE. "I thought, 'What about braille?'




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    great job, now we just have to find out the story behind it. It may in fact be the first Braille in space!
    – uhoh
    15 hours ago










  • I think memorial coins for Louis Braille (inventor of Braille writing) that flew on the 2009 Hubble servicing missions had Braille writing on them.
    – Bob Jacobsen
    7 hours ago















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http://braillebug.afb.org/braille_deciphering.asp




"I was thinking what else could we put on there that could be a kind
of code that people in the know could look at and figure out?" said
Bruce Banerdt, InSight's principal investigator at JPL, in an
interview with collectSPACE. "I thought, 'What about braille?'




http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-112618a-mars-insight-braille-jpl.html






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    great job, now we just have to find out the story behind it. It may in fact be the first Braille in space!
    – uhoh
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  • I think memorial coins for Louis Braille (inventor of Braille writing) that flew on the 2009 Hubble servicing missions had Braille writing on them.
    – Bob Jacobsen
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http://braillebug.afb.org/braille_deciphering.asp




"I was thinking what else could we put on there that could be a kind
of code that people in the know could look at and figure out?" said
Bruce Banerdt, InSight's principal investigator at JPL, in an
interview with collectSPACE. "I thought, 'What about braille?'




http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-112618a-mars-insight-braille-jpl.html






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"I was thinking what else could we put on there that could be a kind
of code that people in the know could look at and figure out?" said
Bruce Banerdt, InSight's principal investigator at JPL, in an
interview with collectSPACE. "I thought, 'What about braille?'




http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-112618a-mars-insight-braille-jpl.html







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    great job, now we just have to find out the story behind it. It may in fact be the first Braille in space!
    – uhoh
    15 hours ago










  • I think memorial coins for Louis Braille (inventor of Braille writing) that flew on the 2009 Hubble servicing missions had Braille writing on them.
    – Bob Jacobsen
    7 hours ago














  • 1




    great job, now we just have to find out the story behind it. It may in fact be the first Braille in space!
    – uhoh
    15 hours ago










  • I think memorial coins for Louis Braille (inventor of Braille writing) that flew on the 2009 Hubble servicing missions had Braille writing on them.
    – Bob Jacobsen
    7 hours ago








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great job, now we just have to find out the story behind it. It may in fact be the first Braille in space!
– uhoh
15 hours ago




great job, now we just have to find out the story behind it. It may in fact be the first Braille in space!
– uhoh
15 hours ago












I think memorial coins for Louis Braille (inventor of Braille writing) that flew on the 2009 Hubble servicing missions had Braille writing on them.
– Bob Jacobsen
7 hours ago




I think memorial coins for Louis Braille (inventor of Braille writing) that flew on the 2009 Hubble servicing missions had Braille writing on them.
– Bob Jacobsen
7 hours ago


















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