THE BIG BANG THEORY... I like this show...not only because it’s pretty hilarious (Jim Parsons, who plays child prodigy/theoretical physicist Sheldon Cooper, is a crack-up), but also because it occasionally makes references to actual NASA projects. In one Season 2 episode, Howard Wolowitz (Simon Helberg) was the one responsible for getting a Mars rover trapped in sand (which is what really happened to NASA’s Spirit rover last April. As of this entry, it’s still stuck in soft soil on the Red Planet). And in another Season 2 episode, he was responsible for a poorly-designed toilet installed onboard the International Space Station (ISS). That episode even used somewhat up-to-date footage of the ISS (from the shuttle flyaround in last March's STS-119 mission) at the end of the show. This is the only scripted program I know that somewhat puts our space program in the prime time limelight on U.S. television. It doesn't hurt that the lead actress (Kaley Cuoco, who plays Penny) is pretty hot as well.
The Big Bang Theory airs on CBS at 9:30 PM, on Monday nights.
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