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 25 2007, 06:30 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 599 Joined: 26-August 05 Member No.: 476 |
Gee, if people are starting to put in sci-fi references, here are my tosses into the ring --
Killdozer (Theodore Sturgeon novella, later TV-movie) Bolo (Keith Laumer and others) (Violent allusions, yes, but the images of a Mini-Cooper sized robot rolling around zapping rocks with its ChemCam laser struck me as being pretty fearsome. Good think it can't roll as fast as people can run.) |
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Jun 25 2007, 04:52 PM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
Gee, if people are starting to put in sci-fi references, here are my tosses into the ring -- Well if we are considering fictional vehicles, there's always "Lovebug" or "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" or my favorites "Hannibal 8" and "The Leslie Special." -------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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