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 Jan 1 2007, 06:11 PM
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QUOTE (Jim from NSF.com @ Dec 31 2006, 07:28 PM)  MSL is fine with me. Ms. L sounds good. A bit of mystery to it. Or how about The Divine Ms. L? |
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Jan 1 2007, 07:38 PM
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QUOTE (centsworth_II @ Jan 1 2007, 12:11 PM) Ms. L sounds good. A bit of mystery to it. Or how about The Divine Ms. L? Are you saying MSL is a Midler-sized rover? |
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 Jan 1 2007, 08:53 PM
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Congratulations on the worst pun of 2007 thus far...
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Jan 1 2007, 10:36 PM
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QUOTE (nprev @ Jan 1 2007, 08:53 PM) Congratulations on the worst pun of 2007 thus far... It's still only 1st January, so that honour may be snatched away fairly quickly. Hmmm... ...perhaps it's time for another pool! Bob Shaw -------------------- Remember: Time Flies like the wind - but Fruit Flies like bananas!
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Feb 14 2007, 04:12 PM
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I think to "Hope" for MSL naming. It's a hope for our : detecting life evidences. Imagine if nothing is not discover... It could be possible the no robot will be launch toward Mars (as after Viking mission : about 20 years before recover the contact of Mars ground).
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Feb 14 2007, 04:30 PM
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We already had one Hope - JAXA's Nozomi.
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Jun 21 2007, 09:55 AM
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How about Feynman? I always enjoyed his book, Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman. His connection to the space program was his brilliant maverick work investigating the Challenger disaster.
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Jun 21 2007, 04:08 PM
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I would actually prefer MSL be named after a ship that engaged in a great voyage of exploration. I know we're running through those names at a fast clip with the Meridiani crater naming conventions, but there still ought to be some left that would work.
Heck, if you don't mind re-using names, there's always 'Challenger'... and 'Beagle' would be nice, if ESA could be convinced not to pitch a fit about it...  -the other Doug -------------------- The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right. -Mark Twain
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Jun 21 2007, 04:23 PM
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Not a chance of it being used, but "Serenity" sure has a nice ring to it...
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Jun 21 2007, 05:08 PM
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They can call it BunwhacketbuzzardstoppingQWalrusTitty for all I care - as long as it works
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Jun 21 2007, 06:24 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
QUOTE (djellison @ Jun 21 2007, 06:08 PM) They can call it BunwhacketbuzzardstoppingQWalrusTitty for all I care - as long as it works Sometimes Doug the workings of your mind absolutely terrify me...!!!  The whole naming thing tho... quite important I think, especially for a high profile mission such as MSL is destined to be. I had my doubts about "Spirit" and "Opportunity" when they were chosen, but they've grown on me over the years, and I can't imagine our two brave gals being called anything else now... but MSL is a bigger, bolder beast, with a longer lifespan and a more - hmmm, hesitate to use the word - "romantic" mission, so I think it should be named accordingly. Having said that, I've absolutely no idea what that name could be.
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Jun 21 2007, 07:12 PM
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I see you need to be taught in the ways of Python..
Frankly - when the rover is that big, and has a laser beam....it gets called whatever it WANTS to be called Doug |
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Jun 21 2007, 07:19 PM
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QUOTE (Stu @ Jun 21 2007, 08:24 AM) I had my doubts about "Spirit" and "Opportunity" when they were chosen, but they've grown on me over the years... They've grown on me, too, like mildew. I love MER but I still hate those two names  QUOTE (Stu @ Jun 21 2007, 08:24 AM) and I can't imagine our two brave gals being called anything else now... I can: the two names I suggested
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Jun 21 2007, 07:19 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Funny you should mention Python... I was talking to one of the other carers at the care home where I work yesterday - she's only 19 bless her - about fave films etc, and mentioned "Holy Grail"... she said she'd never seen it, so I offered to lend it to her. "Who's in it?" she asked. "Well, it's a Monty Python film..." I said, thinking that should give her a clue as to the cast list.
"Oh, well, I don't really know who he was..." she replied... 
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Jun 21 2007, 07:21 PM
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QUOTE (AlexBlackwell @ Jun 21 2007, 08:19 PM) the two names I suggested Look - I've said it 1000 times, Rocky and Bullwinkle are copyrighted. Give it up! 
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