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".
(Score: 3, Funny) by DannyB on Tuesday January 14 2020, @06:38PM (3 children)
"Mars is essentially in the same orbit... Mars is somewhat the same distance from the Sun, which is very important. We have seen pictures where there are canals, we believe, and water. If there is water, that means there is oxygen. If oxygen, that means we can breathe."
Dan Quayle, 8/11/89
US Republican politician (1947 - )
People today are educated enough to repeat what they are taught but not to question what they are taught.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Thexalon on Tuesday January 14 2020, @07:09PM (2 children)
And you can power your equipment there using a potatoe. Because the future will be better tomorrow!
(Sorry, I remember the days when Quayle was considered the biggest idiot in politics. How I wish it had stayed that way.)
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Tuesday January 14 2020, @07:14PM
When you get old enough, it's not that you get wiser, it's just that everything dumb happens again but worse.
People today are educated enough to repeat what they are taught but not to question what they are taught.
(Score: 2) by gtomorrow on Tuesday January 14 2020, @08:45PM
Mod +1 Bittersweet.