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May 5 2011, 08:48 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 613 Joined: 23-February 07 From: Occasionally in Columbia, MD Member No.: 1764 |
Ahoy mateys!
NASA announces Discovery mission selection for Phase A. Titan Mare Explorer (TiME) is among them. Har! |
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May 10 2011, 11:13 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14434 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
Amundsen and Scott were names for the DS2 microprobes, so that's out.
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May 10 2011, 11:36 PM
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Interplanetary Dumpster Diver Group: Admin Posts: 4404 Joined: 17-February 04 From: Powell, TN Member No.: 33 |
Amundsen and Scott were names for the DS2 microprobes, so that's out. Do those count as real spacecraft? -------------------- |
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May 11 2011, 12:38 AM
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
Do those count as real spacecraft? Obviously NASA can set the rules any way it wants. But for the Mars Exploration Rover naming contest, any name ever used for any spacecraft in the past was out, which eliminated what many considered the most obvious choices for their names: Lewis and Clark. (2005 was the bicentennial of the start of their expedition, so it would have been very appropriate.) -------------------- My website - My Patreon - @elakdawalla on Twitter - Please support unmannedspaceflight.com by donating here.
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