re: I don't have a clue
I agree about the MER names - not only were they lame but they were an obvious ploy at political correctness. And forgive me Lord, but I have trouble believing that a 2-year-old girl in a Russian orphanage spent her night looking at the stars, like the girl who won the naming contest claimed she remembered.
I know, I wasn't there, etc., but her life story sounded more Hollywood than anything else. It certainly made good PC PR for NASA.
But I just don't care for the rover names. There are plenty of people who did pioneering work on studying Mars and astronomy in general who should have their names on those rovers and other space probes.