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 Jun 24 2007, 12:39 PM
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Probably MSL will end up being called something poetic, like Hope, Prosperity or Peace
 As you may have guessed, I'm in the Alex Blackwell camp on this. Would not it be more fun to have named the MERs Rosencrantz and Guildenstern ?? 
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Jun 24 2007, 05:19 PM
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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? Besides - (with all due respect to the Phoenix mission) Isn't this a scoop truly worthy of Mars? 
-------------------- Lyford Rome
"Zis is not nuts, zis is super-nuts!" Mathematician Richard Courant on viewing an Orion test |
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Jun 24 2007, 05:24 PM
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 Dublin Correspondent Group: Admin Posts: 1799 Joined: 28-March 05 From: Celbridge, Ireland Member No.: 220 |
I love it! Tonka is easily the best name suggestion yet.
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Jun 24 2007, 06:27 PM
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 Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8783 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
...it's too perfect, so of course it won't be used (though Tonka Toys would probably go out of their minds with joy if it was!)
-------------------- 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 24 2007, 07:15 PM
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How 'bout obscure sci-fi movie references?
"Armadillo" in honor of that vehicle in the movie Armageddon? Or "Juggernaut" in honor of the clone tanks in Star Wars: Episode III? 
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Jun 24 2007, 07:46 PM
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 The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
QUOTE (punkboi @ Jun 24 2007, 08:15 PM)  "Armadillo" in honor of that vehicle in the movie Armageddon? And have to listen to Peter Kay singing that ****** song every day?!!?!?  Oh sorry, thought you said "Amarillo"... 
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Jun 25 2007, 06:30 AM
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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, 02:09 PM
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Well, heck -- if we're talking about a rolling robot with a death ray that can't roll as fast as people run away from it, might as well go all the way and name the thing "Dalek."
-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 25 2007, 02:20 PM
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Jun 25 2007, 03:27 PM
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I liked Tonka, but if you're looking for something more edgy, but
still with a toy tie in, how about Transfo -- short for transformer -- as MSL will assuredly transform our knowledge about Mars... again! |
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Jun 25 2007, 03:52 PM
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The naming of probes is a difficult matter,
It isn't just one of your holiday games; You may think at first I'm mad as a hatter When I tell you a space probe must have three different names. ....  
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Jun 25 2007, 04:33 PM
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QUOTE (TheChemist @ Jun 25 2007, 11:52 AM) ...a space probe must have three different names.... So.... Tonka Peabody BunwhacketbuzzardstoppingQWalrusTitty? |
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Jun 25 2007, 04:52 PM
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QUOTE (mchan @ Jun 24 2007, 10:30 PM) 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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Jun 25 2007, 05:04 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3419 Joined: 9-February 04 From: Minneapolis, MN, USA Member No.: 15 |
Ah, but if you were to name MSL the Hannibal 8, after it went about 90 meters the engine would fall out!
"Push the button, Max!" -the other Doug p.s. -- if MSL finds Natalie Wood wearing a merry widow, though, just *think* what that could do for Mars exploration funding! -------------------- “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 26 2007, 04:04 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1281 Joined: 18-December 04 From: San Diego, CA Member No.: 124 |
OGRE?!?!? Push the button, Max?!?!?!" MSL Limericks?
God help me but I love this board - chatter and all! -------------------- Lyford Rome
"Zis is not nuts, zis is super-nuts!" Mathematician Richard Courant on viewing an Orion test |
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