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, 09:59 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 59 Joined: 25-December 05 From: Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA Member No.: 619 |
Pursuit, Journey, Spirit … Seems a bit pallid and pointless to go on naming Martian UM spacecraft along these grandiose lines.
How about short, “endearing” names that people will easily remember and get used to using over the (hopefully!) long lives of these missions: We have our “Oppy”; now how about Wally (recalls the cartoon robot as well as a Mercury astronaut), Sally (another astronaut), Gene (as in Shoemaker), or even, yes, Amelia. Corollary: To forestall any “giggle factor” (a la Amelia), names not be revealed by NASA until the actual successful landing. |
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