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Ipparchus
post Jun 14 2008, 08:27 AM
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wheel.gif I think MSL should be given a better name! Like what it was done with the MER rovers(Spirit-Opportunity). We could propose some! I propose the names "Eureka!" and "Innovation". What about you? We could then(after some months maybe) vote for the best of them!


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post Jun 14 2008, 04:50 PM
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In all seriousness (well, at least partial seriousness), I'd love to see the MSL team have the guts that the MER team lacked, and go ahead with the most obvious and appropriate name possible for MSL:

Marvin.

Of course, when MSL radios back a request for a PU238 explosive modulator, I'm not quite sure what we're going to do... except to duck, cover and wait for the Earth-shattering kaboom... huh.gif

-the other Doug


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- Ipparchus   A name for MSL   Jun 14 2008, 08:27 AM
- - As old as Voyager   How about 'Leviathan' due to MSL's mon...   Jun 14 2008, 08:44 AM
- - peter59   I propose name "INVINCIBLE". Name is bas...   Jun 14 2008, 09:15 AM
- - ngunn   Great book. Not sure the name is very auspicious, ...   Jun 14 2008, 10:05 AM
- - dmuller   MUV ... the Martian version of the Earth's SUV...   Jun 14 2008, 10:27 AM
- - djellison   'MSL' will do probably. But with a laser ...   Jun 14 2008, 11:53 AM
- - nprev   Okay...Mister MSL. I'd like to see an entire h...   Jun 14 2008, 03:55 PM
- - centsworth_II   I still like "Ms. L". We just have to f...   Jun 14 2008, 04:25 PM
- - nprev   Uh...."Large?" I dunno. Anthropomorp...   Jun 14 2008, 04:30 PM
|- - centsworth_II   QUOTE (nprev @ Jun 14 2008, 11:30 AM) ......   Jun 14 2008, 05:19 PM
|- - PFK   QUOTE (nprev @ Jun 14 2008, 05:30 PM) I d...   Jun 15 2008, 12:10 AM
- - dvandorn   I can hear the commercials now.... "SUNDAY...   Jun 14 2008, 04:32 PM
- - nprev   Yep. As I said a few months ago, I've already ...   Jun 14 2008, 04:38 PM
- - dvandorn   In all seriousness (well, at least partial serious...   Jun 14 2008, 04:50 PM
|- - ngunn   QUOTE (dvandorn @ Jun 14 2008, 05:50 PM) ...   Jun 14 2008, 10:52 PM
- - helvick   I second Doug's call for the MSL team to have ...   Jun 15 2008, 06:19 AM
- - centsworth_II   MARVIN the MARs maVIN.   Jun 15 2008, 06:37 AM
|- - jabe   QUOTE (centsworth_II @ Jun 15 2008, 07:37...   Jun 16 2008, 01:37 PM
- - Pavel   I don't think geeky names like "Marvin...   Jun 16 2008, 02:58 PM
|- - centsworth_II   QUOTE (Pavel @ Jun 16 2008, 10:58 AM) Man...   Jun 16 2008, 03:26 PM
- - charborob   If you try to pronounce MSL, you get "Muscle...   Jun 16 2008, 03:17 PM
|- - mchan   QUOTE (charborob @ Jun 16 2008, 07:17 AM)...   Jun 16 2008, 08:23 PM
- - Ant103   And what about name like "Hope"?   Jul 15 2008, 11:31 PM
|- - nprev   QUOTE (Ant103 @ Jul 15 2008, 04:31 PM) An...   Jul 16 2008, 02:45 AM
|- - centsworth_II   QUOTE (Ant103 @ Jul 15 2008, 06:31 PM) An...   Jul 16 2008, 05:32 AM
- - vmcgregor   I predict a MSL naming contest is coming soon   Jul 16 2008, 02:39 AM
|- - climber   QUOTE (vmcgregor @ Jul 16 2008, 04:39 AM)...   Jul 16 2008, 11:24 AM
- - dvandorn   I dunno -- I'm overwhelmed with an image of ou...   Jul 16 2008, 06:58 AM
- - Phil Stooke   I'm thinking 'Canyonero' Phil   Jul 16 2008, 05:16 PM
|- - centsworth_II   QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Jul 16 2008, 01:16 P...   Jul 16 2008, 08:13 PM
- - Stu   My ideal name would be "Lewis and Clark...   Jul 16 2008, 08:19 PM
|- - SFJCody   QUOTE (Stu @ Jul 16 2008, 08:19 PM) My id...   Nov 20 2008, 08:40 PM
- - nprev   Sounding like a broken record, I know, but still g...   Jul 16 2008, 10:13 PM
|- - ElkGroveDan   QUOTE (nprev @ Jul 16 2008, 04:13 PM) Sou...   Nov 19 2008, 05:03 PM
|- - mcaplinger   QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Nov 19 2008, 09:03 A...   Nov 19 2008, 06:25 PM
|- - climber   QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Nov 19 2008, 07:25 PM...   Nov 19 2008, 06:54 PM
|- - ElkGroveDan   QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Nov 19 2008, 12:25 PM...   Nov 19 2008, 07:02 PM
|- - mcaplinger   QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Nov 19 2008, 11:02 A...   Nov 19 2008, 07:18 PM
- - djellison   Technically, I think Carl has been honored in that...   Jul 16 2008, 10:15 PM
- - nprev   Yeah, I thought of that, but unfortunately Pathfin...   Jul 16 2008, 10:26 PM
- - Vultur   Burroughs? Wells?   Nov 11 2008, 06:37 AM
- - djellison   Richard Cook mentioned a naming contest in his Von...   Nov 11 2008, 08:21 AM
- - mps   MSL naming contest announced: http://marsrovername...   Nov 19 2008, 08:33 AM
- - ilbasso   For my money, it needs to be something like Intimi...   Nov 19 2008, 02:23 PM
- - mcaplinger   The contest is only open to US students in grades ...   Nov 19 2008, 03:14 PM
|- - dvandorn   QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Nov 19 2008, 09:14 AM...   Nov 19 2008, 04:12 PM
|- - climber   QUOTE (dvandorn @ Nov 19 2008, 05:12 PM) ...   Nov 19 2008, 04:23 PM
- - djellison   Nuclear power and a laser beam? "Sir" ...   Nov 19 2008, 05:20 PM
|- - ugordan   I, for one, welcome our new laser-wielding overlor...   Nov 19 2008, 05:22 PM
|- - dvandorn   QUOTE (djellison @ Nov 19 2008, 11:20 AM)...   Nov 19 2008, 06:36 PM
- - PhilCo126   Judging its camera = Gort ( robot from The day th...   Nov 19 2008, 05:59 PM
- - Gonzz   Chuck Norris   Nov 19 2008, 06:01 PM
- - djellison   Now now children   Nov 19 2008, 07:24 PM
- - Enceladus75   Some Suggestions: Powell AresLab Barsoom Mars Mo...   Nov 19 2008, 07:53 PM
|- - PFK   QUOTE (Enceladus75 @ Nov 19 2008, 08:53 P...   Nov 20 2008, 06:37 PM
- - ilbasso   Elvis. Just to hear the NASA Public Affairs perso...   Nov 19 2008, 07:58 PM
|- - vmcgregor   QUOTE (ilbasso @ Nov 19 2008, 11:58 AM) E...   Nov 21 2008, 05:16 PM
- - Enceladus75   Hmmmm...given the power of the MSL What about ...   Nov 19 2008, 08:00 PM
|- - peter59   QUOTE (Enceladus75 @ Nov 19 2008, 09:00 P...   Nov 20 2008, 04:32 PM
- - jekbradbury   QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Nov 19 2008, 01:03 P...   Nov 19 2008, 09:38 PM
- - imipak   QUOTE (Stu @ Jul 16 2008, 09:19 PM) My id...   Nov 19 2008, 10:58 PM
- - nprev   It's my ONLY hope at immortality: Nuclear-Powe...   Nov 20 2008, 02:33 AM
- - CosmicRocker   QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Nov 19 2008, 09:14 AM...   Nov 20 2008, 06:11 AM
|- - MahFL   What about the female explorer.... Alexandrine Tin...   Nov 20 2008, 02:18 PM
- - Gonzz   Since it's powered by a RTG, why not use the n...   Nov 20 2008, 03:04 PM
- - djellison   Marie Curie is already the name of a Rover. Sadly...   Nov 20 2008, 04:15 PM
- - ElkGroveDan   I've been saying those wheels are the size of ...   Nov 20 2008, 04:45 PM
- - dvandorn   Along the beer keg line, we could use the followin...   Nov 20 2008, 05:00 PM
- - PhilCo126   BIS Spaceflight magazine has time sequence photos ...   Nov 20 2008, 07:01 PM
- - djellison   Scarecrow is the name of that mobility test vehicl...   Nov 20 2008, 07:20 PM
- - elakdawalla   Yeah, those were proposed by a huge percentage of ...   Nov 20 2008, 10:35 PM
- - Phil Stooke   Tsk, Emily - didn't you tell us not to refer t...   Nov 21 2008, 12:04 AM
- - elakdawalla   *sigh* it's really kind of hard to ignore!   Nov 21 2008, 12:10 AM
- - Doc   I think we have to try and reaquire some 9 year ol...   Nov 21 2008, 03:43 AM
- - elakdawalla   Actually 9-year-olds can be quite serious. It...   Nov 21 2008, 04:09 AM
- - nprev   ...yep, the brain chemistry definitely does change...   Nov 21 2008, 04:40 AM
- - djellison   It doesn't change - it just goes AWOL for 5 ye...   Nov 21 2008, 09:28 AM
- - nprev   It also tends to vaporize in middle age for males,...   Nov 21 2008, 09:50 AM
- - stewjack   I bet someone else already thought of this one ...   Nov 21 2008, 05:09 PM
- - centsworth_II   Wall-E grew up and became Wall-TER. (Wheeled all-T...   Nov 21 2008, 10:02 PM
- - algorimancer   I rather like insect names, considering the RTG ap...   Nov 27 2008, 04:02 PM
|- - centsworth_II   QUOTE (algorimancer @ Nov 27 2008, 11:02 ...   Nov 27 2008, 04:37 PM
||- - Hungry4info   QUOTE (centsworth_II @ Nov 27 2008, 10:37...   Nov 27 2008, 08:46 PM
||- - BrianL   QUOTE (Hungry4info @ Nov 27 2008, 02:46 P...   Nov 27 2008, 09:05 PM
|- - BrianL   QUOTE (algorimancer @ Nov 27 2008, 10:02 ...   Nov 27 2008, 06:57 PM
- - Oersted   Call me boring, but.... "Explorer" sound...   Jan 3 2009, 01:35 AM
|- - Hungry4info   QUOTE (Oersted @ Jan 2 2009, 07:35 PM) Ca...   Jan 3 2009, 02:56 AM
- - sci44   If Mike Griffin *really* wants to keep in with the...   Jan 3 2009, 10:55 AM
- - Stu   Well, seeing as the ************ thing is everywhe...   Jan 3 2009, 11:52 AM
- - ElkGroveDan   I've always been fond of Vespucci as an explor...   Jan 3 2009, 05:12 PM
- - sci44   Ok, so far on this thread we have:- Eureka!, ...   Jan 3 2009, 07:39 PM
|- - ElkGroveDan   QUOTE (sci44 @ Jan 3 2009, 11:39 AM) Perh...   Jan 3 2009, 08:11 PM
- - djellison   Seconded.   Jan 4 2009, 12:50 AM
- - stevesliva   Just call it Tim.   Jan 4 2009, 03:50 AM
- - nprev   I keep telling you guys: Nuclear-Powered Roving Ex...   Jan 4 2009, 06:19 AM
|- - sci44   QUOTE (nprev @ Jan 4 2009, 06:19 AM) I ke...   Jan 4 2009, 11:18 PM
- - dvandorn   I'm just waiting for someone to target a rover...   Jan 5 2009, 01:23 AM
- - mps   QUOTE (dvandorn @ Jan 5 2009, 03:23 AM) O...   Jan 5 2009, 10:31 AM
- - DEChengst   Calimero. Because Mars is big and MSL is small and...   Jan 5 2009, 06:07 PM
- - stevo   Is it not called Bruce, then? . . . . That's g...   Feb 10 2009, 03:43 PM
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