Nasa announces new rover mission to Mars in 2020 |
Nasa announces new rover mission to Mars in 2020 |
Jan 15 2020, 03:00 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 866 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Santa Cruz, CA Member No.: 196 |
agree, "Clarity" describes an aspect of the mission itself quite elegantly, even forcing in the required timely pun with minimum cringe factor.
However, if it gets named the other obvious 2020 pun i saw in the list: "Vision", then i am (gasp) having to wince down that road: A worst case scenario for an unfortunate headline mangles the mind: "Mars 2020 Vision lost due to failure of descent imaging system" |
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Jan 15 2020, 08:37 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 282 Joined: 18-June 04 Member No.: 84 |
I would have just gone with Curiosity 2
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Jan 15 2020, 10:34 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10153 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
I see my choice, 'Uncertainty', didn't make the cut.
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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Jan 16 2020, 12:40 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2530 Joined: 20-April 05 Member No.: 321 |
My daughter chose one of the semifinalist names, but her name and essay were not chosen among the listed semifinalists, so I guess that makes her a quarterfinalist.
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Jan 19 2020, 05:19 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 507 Joined: 10-September 08 Member No.: 4338 |
"Promise" sounds (ahem) promising to me. I would have gone with "Discovery" but apparently no one suggested that.
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Jan 19 2020, 12:46 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 691 Joined: 21-December 07 From: Clatskanie, Oregon Member No.: 3988 |
I love the name Perseverance, and it was suggested twice. I like it not just for the reasons suggested for the name (although both essay submissions for it are still wonderful for naming it), but after Opportunity's final resting place in Perseverance Valley. It seems like it would be a fitting tribute to our beloved explorer and the perseverance that it had to keep exploring new places, no matter how hard it was to get to those places. Mars2020 will carry on that legacy.
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Jan 22 2020, 04:22 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2082 Joined: 13-February 10 From: Ontario Member No.: 5221 |
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Jan 22 2020, 01:52 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1582 Joined: 14-October 05 From: Vermont Member No.: 530 |
Endurance, Clarity, Courage, Ingenuity, Promise, Fortitude, Tenacity, Perseverance, Vision. I see a theme. These are the determinaiads from geek mythology. They forgot Pluck, which is not a moon of Uranus. |
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Jan 22 2020, 08:06 PM
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Jan 23 2020, 09:04 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 404 Joined: 5-January 10 Member No.: 5161 |
I was hoping Imagination would be on the list... |
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Jan 28 2020, 10:41 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 866 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Santa Cruz, CA Member No.: 196 |
What stands out to me is the number of votes from Turkey and Romania. Its not simply a function of population when comparing large countries with robust space programs. Having never visited Turkey (#17) or Romania (#61), I may be out of the loop culturally, as i have no guess as to how the word of this gets out in other countries, but its a welcome sign suggesting enthusiasm for science may be much less a function of being a project stakeholder country than I had expected.
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Feb 6 2020, 04:19 AM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10153 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
https://astrogeology.usgs.gov/news/nomencla...proved-for-mars
New names for features around the landing site: Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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Mar 3 2020, 10:56 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8783 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
At long last, the naming of names will be completed this coming Thursday.
-------------------- 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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Mar 5 2020, 06:47 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1074 Joined: 21-September 07 From: Québec, Canada Member No.: 3908 |
Perseverance.
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Mar 6 2020, 12:13 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8783 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
And Perseverance now has its own forum.
-------------------- 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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