Student from Lenexa, Kansas Provides Official New Name for Mars Science Laboratory

[Bryanandzoey]

yay for lenexa, where part of lenexa does that gurl live

[korbindallis]

MSL looks beautiful and ya she is RTG powered you can see the pack on the back of the rover, I guess spirit and opportunity thought nasa a lesson not to relay on solar power :)

this will power her for more then 2 earth years

[jorge10928]

curiosity??? wtf??

why not Planetkillers.. or earth destroyer!

[57384291]

ur so retarted

[jorge10928]

ahhh durrr durrrrr

[57384291]

what ru tryna say?

[jorge10928]

walabaladingdong?

[sirhung]

Here's a better name.

OB - SO - LETE

[bettescorpio]

Curiosity is cliché and they didn't need a kid to help them pick out that name... NASA could've drawn that one out of a hat themselves. But you have to admit NASAs motive to incorporate the youth of today into decisions for the future is pure genius.

[runningray]

What a totally wonderful young lady... Great name.

[SatchmoBevins]

Heck of a name! Good Job!

[neutronstarcrust]

The name sounds too lighthearted for a nuclear-powered robot.

cu·ri·os·i·ty

Hmm, It might grow on me! :)

[justanity]

Wow I have a lot of things in common with her. I also have a natural curiosity of the universe and Im asian as well =DD

[Fioranoen]

Marry her.

[Djeezes]

Kids don't see the stars anymore. So this is quite rare.

[bumslug]

Why, Djeezes? Do you think there's something wrong with kids' eyes?

[Djeezes]

Too much light pollution. If all lights are out, you'd see about 2000 to 3000 stars.

[XStreetKingSX]

Asian=Mostly Genius?

[nisimgarame123]

the robot looks like WALL-E

[johnayerger13]

Hm..it's somewhat fitting, I mean, its going to find out things that make us curious.

[smeki192]

Hezký :-)

[stefanmckinley]

Great name! I think a lot of people have misplaced that which is the original motivation for all exploration: Curiosity.

[CiphersSon]

Thats really cool. I'm happy nasa is embracing social media more now. youtube,twitter, ect. Projects like this only make kids more curious. well done nasa.

[hyhhy]

Looks young but sounds pretty intelligent.

IMO they should send more of these things to Mars than just one... I hope it succeeds.

[CessnaDriver2]

Ad astra.

[techdeck321]

yeah why !!!

[pyrocyon]

Curiosity? Why???

[HiGregory]

See video above for an answer to why.

[TheFluffyDuck]

I see what you did there :P

[btl743]

Awesome.

[JezeroCraterDweller]

Thats just way to freaking cool!

[LondonCrusader]

Well, one things for sure, its a better name than Colbert. ;)

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yours... curious.

[curefantastic]

that girl is so cute! and her essay is very well-written! :)

[polarcovalentbond]

how old is she? can we read her essay somewhere perhaps:)

[pkingrunescape22]

At 2:48 she reads it.

[StringsCrusader]

second? but noone cares lol

[ath1931]

congrats! first! :D

[RaindropsFantasia]

I bet your congrats was to yourself for being first ;D

Oh and congrats... to her not you :D

[ath1931]

no it was to her :D then the first was to me lol