MSL Naming? |
MSL Naming? |
Dec 25 2006, 12:15 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8785 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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Jun 22 2007, 03:14 PM
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Director of Galilean Photography Group: Members Posts: 896 Joined: 15-July 04 From: Austin, TX Member No.: 93 |
Oh come on, that's not fair at all. Having a contest to name a Mars rover is, more than likely, going to automatically eliminate kids who "think Mars is a candy bar". After all, a kid with the initiative to goto nasa.gov or planetary.org is way ahead of the curve. I think the last kid to name Mars rovers did a fantastic job, and was very prophetic with the names. Just think of the names for a second:
Spirit Opportunity What better names could we choose for these two? Spirit, that had to fight wheel and solar panel up a mountain to find evidence of water? Opportunity, which found not one, not two, but three craters with outcrops and blueberries? (Shoot, I get teary-eyed just thinking about all they've done and survived so far.) -------------------- Space Enthusiast Richard Hendricks
-- "The engineers, as usual, made a tremendous fuss. Again as usual, they did the job in half the time they had dismissed as being absolutely impossible." --Rescue Party, Arthur C Clarke Mother Nature is the final inspector of all quality. |
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