For this year's gingerbread I made... Curiosity!

#space #gingerbread #nasa #mars #curiosity #baking #astronomy

@ClaireLamman this is just incredible! Brilliant!
@ClaireLamman I surely hope you won some competition with this! And then everybody enjoyed munching on it...
@ClaireLamman well done. Nice touch with the chocolate powder(?) On the ground.
@ClaireLamman I think this one wins, @EmmaMBearman
@mattedgar @ClaireLamman uncanny as I'd seen this on Twitter too this morning but checking in here.
10/10 for inspiration for next year
(All our attempts this year were thwarted by destructive/smutty teens)
@ClaireLamman WOW! did you install a bunch of spaghetti (or licorice wire) on the inside? there are SO many interconnections in there!
@barrygoldman1 nope. Just gingerbread, isomalt, and royal icing

@ClaireLamman well it's amazing. youve seen descriptions of that beast?
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-68146-7

i think nobody knows the entire structure! Tho emily comes close.

The Design and Engineering of Curiosity

This book explains the engineering behind every instrument and piece of machinery employed by the systems of the Mars Curiosity rover.

SpringerLink
@ClaireLamman Wow!That looks awesome 👌
@ClaireLamman That’s amazing! What a work of art!
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Wow that's astonishing, would be a shame to eat that!
@ClaireLamman That's amazing! Excellent work, my good soul.

@ClaireLamman Looking forward to @elakdawalla 's forthcoming _The Recipe and Engineering of Gingerbread Curiosity_.

I fear that wheel design will suffer damage from pointy minerals though *monch cronch*

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…and the winner is?!! 👏
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Good job!! I made a marzipan octopus. Nerds Rule!
@ClaireLamman Is this real??? It looks incredible 😶😶😶😶
@ClaireLamman that’s so cute. My wee grandson would love this wee robot. Very clever!

@ClaireLamman looks quite realistic:

After all, fine martian sand may stick on it...

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If you eat the head first, you can consume it's soul! ☠️

@ClaireLamman @GayDeceiver this is honestly super impressive. Well done!!!
@ClaireLamman great British bake-off eat your heart out!