“Bu Deng” steals the show at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s annual pumpkin carving competition (photo)

Who said NASA scientists and engineers don’t know how to have fun?!

Every year, the damn smart people at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California hold their annual pumpkin carving competition, where brilliant minds come up with all sorts of weird and interesting art using fresh, seasonal orange pumpkins to create some truly fantastic creations.