A name for MSL, MSL |
A name for MSL, MSL |
Jun 14 2008, 08:27 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 44 Joined: 25-February 08 From: Greece, Komotini Member No.: 4055 |
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!
-------------------- "It`s one small step for a man. A giant leap for all mankind!" Armstrong, Apollo 11, 1969.
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Mar 23 2009, 03:09 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 2262 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Melbourne - Oz Member No.: 16 |
That's what I'm trying to tell myself as well Stu.
I'm sure whatever is chosen will seem right in few years. But right now I'm struggling to decide which is the least worst. -------------------- |
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Mar 23 2009, 03:20 PM
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Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra | Portugal Member No.: 228 |
As more as I look at them the worst the choices look to me...
Besides what Stu wrote about curiosity...Wonder?!? Without wanting to hurt anyone's sensibility...Stevie...anyone?... -------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
Edgar Alan Poe |
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Mar 23 2009, 04:30 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 128 Joined: 28-October 08 From: Boston, MA Member No.: 4469 |
Besides what Stu wrote about curiosity...Wonder?!? Without wanting to hurt anyone's sensibility...Stevie...anyone?... I can't figure out if Wonder is meant to imply "marvel" (as in Boy Wonder) or "Gee, I wonder what's over there." Either way it fit nicely into the slot #9 on my ballot. Curiosity I don't like because it is either a pale reflection of the quest for knowledge or implies that the rover itself is a curiosity. I like Pursuit in the sense of "pursuit of knowledge", but it brings to mind unfortunate images of the rover tearing across the Martian landscape at high speed. I also like Sunrise well enough, but there is already a probe named Dawn, so for me it lacks uniqueness. Nobody's mentioned Vision. It works on a number of levels. There's the "vision of the future" angle, and the fact that it took "vision" to create and execute the mission. Also, its cameras give us a vision of the landscape in a literal sense. This got my top vote. |
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