REAL LIFE NEWS: SUGGEST A NAME FOR A NEW MARS ROVER
by Hazed
The UK Space Agency wants the public to help name its forthcoming Mars rover. But before you start planning to vote for Spacey McSpaceface, or whatever other stupid name the public comes up with, it seems that they have learned some lessons from previous public votes, and will eliminate any idiotic suggestions from the list, and then use a panel of experts to judge and make the final choice.
If you aren’t aware of the Boaty McBoatface problem, read the entry on Wikepedia here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boaty_McBoatface
Anyway, back to the Mars rover… it will be a six-wheeled rover sent to Mars to arrive in 2021, and is being built by Airbus. They have set up a page where you can suggest names for the rover – there’s a link in the source article below.
Should your suggestion be the winning name, you’ll get a tour of the Airbus facility in Stevenage, just north of London, where the rover is being assembled and tested.
Source: https://gizmodo.com/the-uk-needs-help-naming-their-mars-rover-and-yes-the-1827750168
