I don't have a clue

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I don't have a clue

Gary — 5/28/2005 4:42:30 AM (archived)

Ljk asked:

"Why didn't they give the atmosphere probe a name, separate from the Galileo orbiter?"

I don't have a clue why. The two DS/2 probes that augered-in with Mars Polar Lander were also nameless. MER-A and B should have remained nameless. The name "Opportunity" is almost as lame as "Sojourner". They should have retained the original in-house JPL names of Itchy and Scratchy (those were classy names).

Gary

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Classics of Stellar Physics... - Adam - 5/25/2005 10:51:55 AM
- Thank you - Gary - 5/25/2005 3:09:48 PM
  - An Odd Experience... - Adam - 5/26/2005 12:11:10 PM
    - The size of Jupiter - Gary - 5/26/2005 4:45:01 PM
      - Maximum radius - Adam - 5/29/2005 10:14:45 PM
      - The ultimate fate of the Galileo Atmosphere Probe - ljk - 5/27/2005 1:57:34 PM
        
        I don't have a clue - Gary - 5/28/2005 4:42:30 AM
        
        re: I don't have a clue - Doug Ellison - 5/29/2005 12:51:33 PM
        
        re: I don't have a clue - LJK - 5/28/2005 3:28:45 PM
      - For the rest of you, the ideas is to bang the rocks together - ljk - 5/26/2005 6:38:51 PM
        
        re: For the rest of you, the ideas is to bang the rocks together - Mr Fibuli - 5/28/2005 7:48:49 PM
        
        Hitchhicker's Guide - Gary - 5/27/2005 4:41:47 AM
        
        re: Hitch-Hiker's Guide - ljk - 5/27/2005 3:04:51 PM
        
        The Voice of the Book (Narrator) for the movie was Stephen Fry - Gary - 5/28/2005 4:36:02 AM
        
        Did anyone notice the cameo? - Adam - 5/28/2005 6:57:19 AM
        
        Hard to miss. - Tom Brosz - 5/28/2005 8:51:00 PM
        
        And here is the best closeup of the center of the galaxy: - R.L. - 5/26/2005 7:29:07 PM
        
        re: And here is the best closeup of the center of the galaxy: - ljk - 5/27/2005 1:39:21 PM
        
        I should have been clearer - R.L. - 5/27/2005 6:13:46 PM
        
        So, YOU'RE the one signaling the evil aliens at the galactic core... (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 5/28/2005 8:54:05 PM
        
        Guilty as charged - R.L. - 5/29/2005 9:53:39 PM
        
        AHA! - Nick Hoffman - 5/30/2005 9:44:21 AM
        
        LOL (n/t) - r.l. - 5/30/2005 10:19:14 AM

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