Astronomy Picture of the Day 11-26-02

NASA ^ | 11-26-02 | Robert Nemiroff and Jerry Bonnell

[petuniasevan]

Astronomy Picture of the Day

Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.

2002 November 26

Name This Martian Robot
Drawing Credit: Mars Exploration Rover Mission Team, JPL, NASA

Explanation: NASA will launch two robots to Mars next year and you can help name them. The Mars Exploration Rovers are scheduled for launch on or near this coming June, when Mars and Earth are relatively close in their orbits. The landing craft are expected to touch down on Mars in January 2004 and deploy the robot rovers shortly thereafter. Rovers have the capability to crawl about 100 meters each day of their planned 90-day mission. The mission's scientific purpose is to seek out and inspect interesting rocks and terrain that could give clues to the past of Mars. Suggestions for names should be sent here, accompanied by a short essay, by 2003 January 31.

[petuniasevan]

Imagine that YOU named rover XXX and everyone knew about it!
What an honor and a privilege!

Someone's got to win;
why not YOUR entry (or mine, or that science-nut nephew of yours)?

[petuniasevan]

[petuniasevan]

This is right up your alley!

[RadioAstronomer]

:-). I have a number of friends on the interplanetary flight team at JPL. Thanks for posting these. :-)

[RightWhale]

Got the dreaded Red X.

[sistergoldenhair]

Name the robot.
What fun!

[petuniasevan]

Looks okay now. Maybe the APOD site was down for a bit?

[Valk Rider]

Looks like #5 on that old sci fi movie titled Short Circuit.

Tom

[petuniasevan]

Yep! Hadn't thought of that!

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