MSL FAQ - The pool of questions |
MSL FAQ - The pool of questions |
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Founder ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Chairman Posts: 14433 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 ![]() |
Rob Manning and I swopped emails last night - and we think it might make sense to pool all the questions people have about MSL (and specifically MSL's EDL ) into one thread - and then answer as many as make sense either via a Q'n'A in the style of the previous ones I've done with Steve and Jim - or via Rob's typing fingers.
It'll be a few weeks till we sort this out - but submit-away until then ![]() Doug |
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Rob,
There is a thread here at UMSF discussing possible names for MSL. I know that you have no control over the naming of MSL (isn't that a shame?), and that someone over in NASA HQ will decide. Here are my questions - 1. Can you let us at UMSF know who that bureaucrat is and how we can contact him/her? 2. Do you have any favorite name, or names, for MSL? 3. Is there a "pet" name for MSL at JPL? 4. Have you heard other names suggested by JPL engineers? I know that these are not technical questions, but I still think that they are important. Names go a long way in helping the public identify with a mission. Imagine if, instead of Stardust, the comet mission was named Flypaper-1. Also, I am tired of the "let the school kids name the mission" trend. I would rather have the project team name the project. If that isn't allowed, how about opening up a naming program on the Internet, open to Everyone, including adults and school kids. If you get a million suggestions, then count your blessings in that amount of public interest. If that happens, pick a thousand out randomly, have someone read all of those, and pick 10 finalists. Then let the American Idol crowd vote for their favorite. Another Phil |
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