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Related: About this forumNASA's "Name the rover" contest ends 9pm PST, Jan 27th
NASA picked 9 finalist names for the Mars 2020 rover, submitted by grade school kids across the country, and you can vote on them until Sunday, January 27th, 9pm PST (midnight EST).
- Endurance, K-4, Oliver Jacobs of Virginia
- Tenacity, K-4, Eamon Reilly of Pennsylvania
- Promise, K-4, Amira Shanshiry of Massachusetts
- Perseverance, 5-8, Alexander Mather of Virginia
- Vision, 5-8, Hadley Green of Mississippi
- Clarity, 5-8, Nora Benitez of California
- Ingenuity, 9-12, Vaneeza Rupani of Alabama
- Fortitude, 9-12, Anthony Yoon of Oklahoma
- Courage, 9-12, Tori Gray of Louisiana
I admit a personal interest in this because my company made a bunch of small to medium sized parts for the rover, and I personally inspected quite a few of them.
https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/participate/name-the-rover/
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NASA's "Name the rover" contest ends 9pm PST, Jan 27th (Original Post)
krispos42
Jan 2020
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LakeArenal
(28,823 posts)1. You could make a DU poll. See what we think.
I like Vision
Mr Lake likes Promise.
Igel
(35,320 posts)2. I don't like any.
Too pompous.
"Grit" would be a good one, though.
I'd have suggested "Xena," since she always seemed to have a love-hate relationship with Mars.
LakeArenal
(28,823 posts)3. Xena is a hero. Great name.
Plus I like two syllables. Easy to read and write.
Perseverance is hardly spellable to a lot of Mericans. ( spellable apparently isnt a word🤷🏼?♀️
SCantiGOP
(13,871 posts)4. How about
Rover McRoveyface?
malthaussen
(17,204 posts)5. Exactly what I was about to suggest. n/t
bronxiteforever
(9,287 posts)6. Awesome job on the rover kris! K&R