OSIRIS-REx continuing the mysterious obsession of NASA with Old Kingdom Egyptian religion.
OSIRIS morphed from SOKAR (the god of the Underworld, sometimes called ANUBIS, guardian of the honorable Dead) into god of life and death - especially with the added RE which is one spelling of RA the Egyptian god of Light and Resurrection - not the Christian sort, but Resurrection with the gods in eternal life.
The added x to RE makes it REX (the King in Latin).
What is NASA trying to tell us, or is this Egyptian naming all a gigantic coincidence?
What is NASA trying to tell us, or is this Egyptian naming all a gigantic coincidence?
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Not purely a coincidence. The acronym, while using words relevant to the application, is obviously contrived enough to recognize that they actually wanted it to make this reference.
It’s lame and geeky.
Like when nasa issue statements from its machines as though the machine itself is talking.