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 May 11 2011, 02:08 PM
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QUOTE (DFinfrock @ May 9 2011, 02:18 AM)  We've honored past astronomers with Galileo, Cassini and Huygens. So why not honor a mariner like Captain James Cook, Roald Amundsen, or James Clark Ross. It seems that an explorer of the Arctic or Antarctic oceans would be a good choice for a robotic explorer of the frigid lakes of Titan. Or maybe even a ship's name? Perhaps the Fram, or even the Titan Challenger, to honor that historic 19th century oceanographic voyage. I agree ! And I'd add soma other names to the list : Jean-Baptiste Charcot or his ship "Pourquoi-pas ?" ("why not ?" in english), or Jules Dumont d'Urville or his ship "L'Astrolabe"... |
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May 11 2011, 02:12 PM
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 The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
It would never happen in a gazillion years, I'm sure, but I'd love it to be called "Nautilus", after Captain Nemo's famous craft that battled the Kraken in Jules Verne's book...
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May 11 2011, 05:17 PM
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Perhaps Champlain would be a good name, since he named/explored Lake Ontario.
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May 11 2011, 07:09 PM
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Interplanetary Dumpster Diver Group: Admin Posts: 4404 Joined: 17-February 04 From: Powell, TN Member No.: 33 |
QUOTE (djellison @ May 11 2011, 01:53 AM) Hey - we could call it TiME. They could, but they won't. -------------------- |
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May 12 2011, 07:58 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 33 Joined: 13-April 05 Member No.: 232 |
Not an explorer, but – Coleridge: “We were the first that ever burst / Into that silent sea”.
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May 12 2011, 11:37 AM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10153 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
"Parachute Landing On Puddle"
PLOP! Or maybe... "Small Polar Landing And Sailing Heroically" SPLASH! Phil (had to bring it down to my level eventually) -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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May 12 2011, 12:31 PM
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Titanic?
Or -- since Time is a raft -- Kon-Tiki. (It's the only famous raft name I could think of.) |
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May 12 2011, 12:49 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 699 Joined: 1-April 08 From: Minnesota ! Member No.: 4081 |
How about the good ship ARGO. (I don't have to tell you what the team members will be called)
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May 12 2011, 02:21 PM
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QUOTE (centsworth_II @ May 12 2011, 12:31 PM) Or -- since Time is a raft -- Kon-Tiki. (It's the only famous raft name I could think of.) Huckleberry? Not the name of a raft itself... But TiME allows for many more puns
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May 12 2011, 02:30 PM
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Personally I like Fram and Endurance. These names looks really appropriate for such cold place.
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May 12 2011, 02:30 PM
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A ship out on one of the Great Lakes in cold nasty weather... I've got it! How about the Edmund Fitzgerald?
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May 12 2011, 02:54 PM
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QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ May 12 2011, 09:30 AM) A ship out on one of the Great Lakes in cold nasty weather... I've got it! How about the Edmund Fitzgerald? Hmmm .... that one sank and was not heard from again ... sad to say. |
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May 13 2011, 01:02 AM
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QUOTE (titanicrivers @ May 12 2011, 02:54 PM) Hmmm .... that one sank and was not heard from again ... sad to say. So did the Endurance. But thanks to Shackleton's heroics, everyone on board survived. I am still amazed every time I think of that feat. His ship crushed by the ice... no radio or communication of any kind with the outside world. Yet he didn't lose a single sailor. If you have never read that story, do yourself a favor and do it now. For that matter, in his earlier expedition attempting to reach the South Pole, he turned back around 100 miles from his goal, based on consumption of their supplies, and the estimated time to return to their base. Scott later made it to the South Pole, and received posthumous honors for his bravery. (Everyone in the party died on the way back). But I would have preferred Shackelton as my leader. David |
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May 13 2011, 01:10 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 166 Joined: 20-September 05 From: North Texas Member No.: 503 |
QUOTE (Stu @ May 11 2011, 02:12 PM) It would never happen in a gazillion years, I'm sure, but I'd love it to be called "Nautilus", after Captain Nemo's famous craft that battled the Kraken in Jules Verne's book... Stu, We need to keep that name in reserve... for the first submersible explorer of Europa's oceans! David |
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May 13 2011, 10:25 AM
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QUOTE (DFinfrock @ May 13 2011, 02:02 AM) ...everyone on board survived. Though there's the sad story of Mrs Chippy, ship's cat.  Andy |
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