Giovanni Schiaparelli

Today marks the 174th birthday of a gloriously smart guy. Giovanni Schiaparelli was one of the first people to actually map mars. And more than that he was the first space observer to make note that meteor showers were actually caused by the tails of comets. In honor of all he did Google has added Mars in its google earth and honored him by including his original maps of the mars surface. As great as all this is Giovanni Schiaparelli is rolling in his grave these days. As has proven to be the case with many scientists his discoveries have been used to actually hurt mankind. His innovation in regards to mars allowed for other "forward thinking" scientist of today to send robots to the red planet. Now as we all know robots have been in need of a planet to make home and stage there galactic attack of earth from. Little did we know but the rovers we have sent to the planet are actually the pioneers, nay, the mother and father bots of the future robots that shall enslave us. For further proof look no further than the documentary that came out not so long ago Transformers and its subsequent material Transformers 2. So I say happy birthday Giovanni Schiaparelli may you rest in peace soon the rest of us shall wish we were doing the same.