Imagine A World Where Apple Designed Satellites

Dialog:

• Port:
  • Space exploration has fallen out of the cultural imagination.
  • I unfairly blame this entirely on the aesthetics of modern space-going machines.
• Bird:
  • But, the spirit and opportunity rovers look fun and friendly.
• Port:
  • True, however, most satellites use the "box with wings" template.
  • Maybe it is time to give the "giant metal spider" design of sputnik another try. It is both cool and scary.
• Bird:
  • How about a metal horseshoe crab? Sputnik just reminds me that I'm bad at badminton.