Comments on: Nine finalists in Mars 2020 rover naming contest

By: hondo

hondo — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 22:21:19 +0000

Hondo works for me – just add a robotic dog named Sam (maybe Japanese?)

By: Jason Lewis

Jason Lewis — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 04:12:27 +0000

I still laugh out loud about “Boaty McBoatface.” I see that the voting in this case is merely for consideration. Here are my suggestions:

MR005: Typical scientist-given name. Mars Rover Number 5. Extra zeros to accommodate a ridiculous number of additional rovers with the same naming convention.

Stinky: I’d like to hear this repeated on the news

Gary: Spongebob’s pet snail. The rover is slow, like a snail

Trump: Would reduce the population of the earth because of the exploding heads. Scoldilocks would approve of that because of the reduction in carbon foot print.

Shakleton: Famous Antarctic explorer

Super Tortoise: It’s super slow. There are no copyright issues with this name.

By: Sippin_bourbon

Sippin_bourbon — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 02:28:19 +0000

Rovermcroverface?

By: Wodun

Wodun — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 22:44:12 +0000

It’s rigged, why bother voting?

Are the elites in the scientific community still upset that boatymcboatface was better than any of the names they could imagine?

Even when they give a list of approved names, they rig the outcome. This is a symptom of the slide toward totalitarianism we are experiencing right now.

By: Scott M.

Scott M. — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 22:40:19 +0000

My vote’s for Endurance as well, due to the connection to Ernest Shackleton

By: sippin_bourbon

sippin_bourbon — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 22:28:17 +0000

“Wild Irish” failed to make the final list…hmmm.

So, kinda lean toward Promise.

By: Jim Davis

Jim Davis — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 22:27:57 +0000

I find it interesting that there are no votes from China. Is China blocking the site?

There are even votes from Iran.

Also, Turkey seems to be voting at a brisk pace.

By: Diane Wilson

Diane Wilson — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 22:07:22 +0000

I think Opportunity would vote for Endurance.