A name for MSL, MSL |
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A name for MSL, MSL |
 Mar 23 2009, 04:06 PM
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In all humility, I was secretly hoping for my suggestion back in our own thread - TONS of better names there.
MSL Naming? QUOTE How about the Dakota-Sioux word for "Great" or "Big": TONKA! Well, we already had a Lego tie in with MER... and what other metaphor is appropriate for all those engineers playing the the sandbox with their big toys? -------------------- Lyford Rome
"Zis is not nuts, zis is super-nuts!" Mathematician Richard Courant on viewing an Orion test |
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Mar 23 2009, 04:12 PM
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QUOTE (jamescanvin @ Mar 23 2009, 07:09 AM)  I'm sure whatever is chosen will seem right in few years. Even if it's "Sunrise"??? I don't think I could ever grow accustomed to that. -------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Mar 23 2009, 04:22 PM
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QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Mar 23 2009, 04:12 PM) Even if it's "Sunrise"??? I don't think I could ever grow accustomed to that. I would...as long as it finds some tequila... 
-------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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Mar 23 2009, 04:25 PM
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QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Mar 23 2009, 04:12 PM) Even if it's "Sunrise"??? I don't think I could ever grow accustomed to that. I think we need to look at the demographics - lots of PIs and engineers must have been studying during the years of Flower Power. We've already got a "Spirit" on Mars - now that's a Hippy name if ever I heard one. "Dawn"s already in space. "Sunrise" is therefore perfect. Next week Phobos-Grunt will be renamed "Moon Unit". I betcha. Andy |
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Mar 23 2009, 04:30 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 128 Joined: 28-October 08 From: Boston, MA Member No.: 4469 |
QUOTE (ustrax @ Mar 23 2009, 10:20 AM) Besides what Stu wrote about curiosity...Wonder?!? Without wanting to hurt anyone's sensibility...Stevie...anyone?... I can't figure out if Wonder is meant to imply "marvel" (as in Boy Wonder) or "Gee, I wonder what's over there." Either way it fit nicely into the slot #9 on my ballot. Curiosity I don't like because it is either a pale reflection of the quest for knowledge or implies that the rover itself is a curiosity. I like Pursuit in the sense of "pursuit of knowledge", but it brings to mind unfortunate images of the rover tearing across the Martian landscape at high speed. I also like Sunrise well enough, but there is already a probe named Dawn, so for me it lacks uniqueness. Nobody's mentioned Vision. It works on a number of levels. There's the "vision of the future" angle, and the fact that it took "vision" to create and execute the mission. Also, its cameras give us a vision of the landscape in a literal sense. This got my top vote. |
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Mar 23 2009, 04:33 PM
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Forum Contributor Group: Members Posts: 1372 Joined: 8-February 04 From: North East Florida, USA. Member No.: 11 |
All spacecraft with camera's give us a vision......so it's lame - imho.
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Mar 23 2009, 04:52 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 293 Joined: 22-September 08 From: Spain Member No.: 4350 |
Well, one characteristic distinction between MER and MSL could be that we would see more activities during sunrise hours, when the batteries are full.
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Mar 23 2009, 04:53 PM
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Have to said that all the names selected are rather lame. "Journey" may be the only one that "could" fit IMHO.
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Mar 23 2009, 04:57 PM
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.. as far as nicknames go, Perception leads us to ... "Percy" ... maybe, maybe not ...
-------------------- 'She drove until the wheels fell off...'
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Mar 23 2009, 05:07 PM
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Forum Contributor Group: Members Posts: 1372 Joined: 8-February 04 From: North East Florida, USA. Member No.: 11 |
Hopefully someone from NASA will read our 10 or so comments and select a good name......LOL
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Mar 23 2009, 05:14 PM
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 The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Sorry, when I read the word "Sunrise" I'm reminded of this...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTH2Nsftn00 
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Mar 23 2009, 05:16 PM
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Agreed, these are all some amazingly lame names. I run them through the mental audio test of news reports referring to "The ___ rover", and they all fail miserably. I went with Amelia and Sunrise as the best of those offered, though neither really fits. Kids -- grr -- I'll be interested in their opinions when they're over 30. Is Nasa going to start delegating engineering decisions to kids as well?
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Mar 23 2009, 05:24 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
I personally think it's great that kids are involved in this naming process, it really helps them feel involved and gives them an added interest in the mission. I can imagine the kids who took part in this competition sat at their kitchen tables, staring at a piece of blank paper, tapping a pencil on their teeth and Thinking Very Hard about what name to suggest, what name would be fitting and "spacey". That has to be a good thing, right? It's just a shame that this particular list of names is - in my, and it looks like our - opinion rather uninspiring.
But I guess that from a small kid's point of view those names ARE quite spacey... try putting an exclamation mark after some of them and you ARE a kid again: Journey! Adventure! Vision! That workd better, eh?  But all of us here are thinking how naff it will be when we see the name on Exploratorium, or MMB, or here on UMSF. Different perspective. After a day of thinking about it, "Amelia" is definitely growing on me...
...great link with an inspirational figure from history... a great background story to hang educational and Outreach programs onto... no arguments about the "sex" of the rover... ;-) -------------------- |
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Mar 23 2009, 06:54 PM
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QUOTE (Stu @ Mar 23 2009, 10:24 AM) ...great link with an inspirational figure from history... Again, how are you ignoring the "mysterious disappearance" aspect? -------------------- Disclaimer: This post is based on public information only. Any opinions are my own.
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Mar 23 2009, 07:02 PM
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I hate to say it, but I wholeheartedly agree. These are all really lame choices. It's great outreach, and I know there was an essay contest to go along with this so it's all educationally great. But still.
At least the important thing is that all these kids are interested in the mission. That's far more valuable that any superficial name. I guess I'll keep calling it MSL. 
-------------------- - Matt
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