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NASA Narrows Down Mars 2020 Rover Names: Hello, Fido?

posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday January 14 2020, @03:27PM   Printer-friendly
from the just-don't-call-it-AMEE dept.

martyb writes:

NASA narrows down Mars 2020 rover names: Hello, Fido?:

Anaxagoras, Asteria Morpheus and Marv are all in the running.

NASA is definitely keeping an open mind when it comes to naming its Mars 2020 rover. It may end up being as simple as "Wonder" or as unusual as "Propulsion Major Crater."

NASA announced on Monday the list of semifinalists for its rover-naming contest, which was open to US kids from kindergarten through 12th grade.

Volunteer judges narrowed down 28,000 essay submissions to 155 semifinalists. There are some repeats among the proposed names, with Tenacity, Determination, Ingenuity, Inspiration, Possibility, Perspective and Perseverance showing up more than once.

[...] You can browse the entries, read the essays and start rooting for your favorite.

[...] Judges will now whittle the semifinalists down to nine finalists. A public vote will help determine the rover's final name. NASA will announce the winner in March.

I think they should call it "Red Rover".

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  • (Score: 2) by ikanreed on Tuesday January 14 2020, @03:54PM (2 children)

    by ikanreed (3164) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday January 14 2020, @03:54PM (#943110) Journal

    You know they don't land with terminal velocity, right? That's the whole reason for that whole parachute-skycrane-airbag setup they had on discovery. Breaking ground that way breaks probes.

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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Tuesday January 14 2020, @09:46PM

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday January 14 2020, @09:46PM (#943293) Journal

    You know they don't land with terminal velocity, right?

    Unless there is a catastrophic failure of the whatever braking systems they use, in which case they use groundbraking to reach their final resting place.
    Would you be willing to use a name that can suggest utter failure?

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  • (Score: 2) by driverless on Wednesday January 15 2020, @10:48AM

    by driverless (4770) on Wednesday January 15 2020, @10:48AM (#943534)

    Breaking ground that way breaks probes.

    Why don't the use a sail to coast down on some of the 100kph winds. Then they'd be breaking wind.