A name for MSL, MSL |
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 Jun 15 2008, 06:19 AM
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I second Doug's call for the MSL team to have the conviction to celebrate an inspirational Martian. I'm assuming he was referring to this early effort by the MER team to call MER-A, Marvin and MER-B, Daffy.
The fact that there is yet another legendary Marvin in Adam's Hitchhiker's Guide is a serious plus in my book. |
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Jun 15 2008, 06:37 AM
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MARVIN the MARs maVIN.
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Jun 16 2008, 01:37 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 162 Joined: 16-March 05 From: Oakville, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 201 |
QUOTE (centsworth_II @ Jun 15 2008, 07:37 AM)  MARVIN the MARs maVIN. along same lines..just spelled differently MARVAN.. MARs miniVAN |
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Jun 16 2008, 02:58 PM
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I don't think geeky names like "Marvin" have a good chance. Just remember missions that have flown so far. Many missions are names after historic ships. I think MSL could be "Mayflower".
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Jun 16 2008, 03:17 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 301 Joined: 21-September 07 From: Québec, Canada Member No.: 3908 |
If you try to pronounce MSL, you get "Muscle", which seems to me an appropriate name for the beast.
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Jun 16 2008, 03:26 PM
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QUOTE (Pavel @ Jun 16 2008, 10:58 AM) Many missions are names after historic ships. It must be historic. It's got it's own web site.
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Jun 16 2008, 08:23 PM
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QUOTE (charborob @ Jun 16 2008, 07:17 AM) If you try to pronounce MSL, you get "Muscle", which seems to me an appropriate name for the beast. I tried it and got "Missile". 
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Jul 15 2008, 11:31 PM
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And what about name like "Hope"?
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Jul 16 2008, 02:39 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 29 Joined: 21-November 06 From: JPL Member No.: 1381 |
I predict a MSL naming contest is coming soon
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Jul 16 2008, 02:45 AM
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QUOTE (Ant103 @ Jul 15 2008, 04:31 PM) And what about name like "Hope"? Yeah...as in "Sure hope the EDL system works!"  (Sorry; couldn't resist!)
-------------------- 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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Jul 16 2008, 05:32 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1968 Joined: 28-December 04 Member No.: 132 |
QUOTE (Ant103 @ Jul 15 2008, 06:31 PM) And what about name like "Hope"? I guess this wouldn't be a favorite of the "Spirit" and "Opportunity" haters (the names, not the craft). I personally liked those names, even before the bearers of them performed such feats as to make any name they carry one for the ages. But Hope is too smarmy even for me. Let's save it for a killer-asteroid deflection mission when it really counts! |
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Jul 16 2008, 06:58 AM
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I dunno -- I'm overwhelmed with an image of our intrepid rover cresting a hill with a golf club clutched in a manipulator claw, saying, "Hi, Mars 'Science Lab' Hope here. I thought I was here to do a USO show -- where are you hiding Jerry Cologna?"
-the other Doug "Oh, we're off on the road to Pavonis! A chasm like none that we've seen..." -------------------- “The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.” -Mark Twain
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Jul 16 2008, 11:24 AM
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QUOTE (vmcgregor @ Jul 16 2008, 04:39 AM) I predict a MSL naming contest is coming soon Coming from you, it is surely NOT to be called a prediction! Thank you for the info 
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Jul 16 2008, 05:16 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 4522 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
I'm thinking 'Canyonero'
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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Jul 16 2008, 08:13 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1968 Joined: 28-December 04 Member No.: 132 |
QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Jul 16 2008, 01:16 PM) I'm thinking 'Canyonero' Let's hope the MSL -- I mean Canyonero -- is still fully loaded when it gets to Mars. http://x11.xanga.com/e5ca82075713768858955/q46256229.bmp |
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