MSL Naming? |
MSL Naming? |
Dec 25 2006, 12:15 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8789 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Anybody know if there's to be a naming of names for MSL? If so, I'd just like to propose an unimpeachable candidate moniker: Sagan (Carl to his friends).
I know that the MPF lander was named in his honor, but for some reason the name never stuck with the public in the same way that Sojourner, Spirit, and Opportunity did; perhaps we tend to anthropomorphize rovers more than fixed landers. In that light, MSL will hopefully spend many years exploring Mars much as Sagan did; what could be more fitting? -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Dec 28 2006, 08:45 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8789 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Ambulatory Laboratory for In-situ Carbon Compound Examination (ALICCE)...?
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Dec 28 2006, 11:34 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2488 Joined: 17-April 05 From: Glasgow, Scotland, UK Member No.: 239 |
Ambulatory Laboratory for In-situ Carbon Compound Examination (ALICCE)...? I still get worried about semi-intelligent rovers with the 'ATHENA' brand. Read Arthur C Clarke's 'Lost Worlds of 2001' and you'll see why! Oh, and the original Shuttle five on-board computers were called HAL, were they not (designed to be faultless). Asking for trouble, I'd say... Bob Shaw -------------------- Remember: Time Flies like the wind - but Fruit Flies like bananas!
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