Help name NASA's new rover by voting at the link

Zeus-cat · Jan 22, 2020

https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/part...GB1iVmm_oZ7id8L7kBgTTTw96euOflDSuUmpkjW9-d0cs

I already checked and Rover McRoverface is not an entry. Dang!

jqavins · Jan 22, 2020

Zeus-cat said:
I already checked and Rover McRoverface is not an entry.

HOORAY!!!

[Dang!]

I voted. Select text below this line to see my vote.
Perseverance

shreadvector · Jan 22, 2020

Zeus-cat said:
https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/part...GB1iVmm_oZ7id8L7kBgTTTw96euOflDSuUmpkjW9-d0cs

I already checked and Rover McRoverface is not an entry. Dang!

Maybe SpaceX will adopt that naming convention?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boaty_McBoatface

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-essex-48673523
Wow, I was in Southend on Sea last year. But, I was there before the vote....Weather was great when i arrived, drizzly one day (I had meetings all day) and spectacular the next two days.

Nytrunner · Jan 22, 2020

Shout out to the 9 folks in China, 4 folks in Cuba, 1 dude in Somalia, and …..16k people in Turkey? that are throwing their votes in from oversea

SecondRow · Jan 22, 2020

I like how the ranking of the states by vote correlates with a ranking of the states by population.

Alabama punching above it’s weight, though.

Nytrunner · Jan 22, 2020

SecondRow said:
Alabama punching above it’s weight, though.

You're forgetting Huntsville is home to NASA Marshall Spaceflight Center and Army Redstone Arsenal. There's a deceptively high concentration of engineers, tech people, and general space fans around here.

Heck, we have Two Sat5s

kuririn · Jan 22, 2020

My first choice, Perspicacity, is not up there so I didn't vote.

davel · Jan 22, 2020

None of the listed names seem particularly appropriate to me. Really don't understand why they would name the rover after a crabgrass pre-emergent treatment (Tenacity). I went with Courage.

Cape Byron · Jan 22, 2020

There's 2,300 votes from Oz. Nice.
I wonder if Richard C Hoagland (https://www.bookdepository.com/Dark...595482?ref=grid-view&qid=1579749007312&sr=1-1) voted for 'Clarity'...

Marc_G · Jan 24, 2020

I voted for Ingenuity which to me resonates with prior names like Spirit, Opportunity, Curiosity, and is NOT jinxing itself. Endurance and Perseverance seem like names asking the fates to make the mission a short one. Clarity would have been my second choice.

cerving · Jan 24, 2020

How about just "Rover"? Or maybe "Fido"? Or "Snoopy"?

cbrarick · Jan 25, 2020

Ralph

Marc_G · Jan 25, 2020

There is a list of finalist names to choose from, so you have to pick from one of those.

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