Rover, Rover, please come over.
“Dunderheads! Where there’s green cheese, there’s mousies. Return to the moon we must.” (wallpaperscraft.com)
NASA is taking names. So of course…
“Molly Malamute is deserving of the honor as the best of her species showing skill in dashing erratically at great speed, running on empty, and having a high prey drive.”
Oh, we thought it was submitting names for predator drones…not for the Mars Rover
- “NASA is giving the public a chance to have their names sent to Mars” (Article)
- “Send my name to Mars 2020” (NASA’s sign up site.)
RC Cat said she always knew the dog was some sort of space cadet.
Now if NASA was seriously starting a Space Force draft, they would, of course, seek out the most intelligent candidates.
She is readying her response.
“Trying not to be catty here. Do you think she managed to stow away before takeoff?” (USPD/Commons.wikimedia.org)
Besides, the Mars Rover is so cute.
Like a kid’s “find something to do or else I will find something for you to do” garage project.
Or a motorized mousie. (“It’s a prototype for planetary cat entertainment,” she insists. “Must support space travel development.”)
Go, Rover. Fetch! (Good, little robot. Good Rover)
Phil, the Philosopher Mouse of the Hedge
50th Anniversary commemorative Russian stamp featuring Belka and Strelka who were the first dog explorers to fly in space and safely return. The two little strays became national heroes and were immortalized in books and featured on all sorts of products. Here’s a book about the Soviet Space Dogs. (Public Domain/Commons.wikimedia.org)
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it sounds interesting… but currently a lot of people know our name and call us to sell something…. with my name on marks maybe we would get intergalactical calls too? from marians? or mars-upilamies?
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Real spacey junk calls! Very long distance robo calls. OMG (Don’t answer that area code.)
Maybe wise to skip this one. Have a great weekend. Thanks for being such dog stars
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I know someone who had his name on some previous mission — I can’t remember which one it was. It is neat that you can sign up and send your name. It would be especially fun for kids, I think. (Then again, it might be fun for kids of any age. Who would have imagined such a thing when we were coming up?)
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A chance to tattoo the Mars Rover! It is pretty cool. Yesterday’s announcement by NASA about landing a man and the first woman on the moon’s south pole in 2024 made RC smile – that’s the sleepover for Mars (and she does like cheese…) https://www.click2houston.com/news/space-city/nasa-announcement-expected-on-artemis-program-s-lunar-exploration
How many will recognize this mission’s name, Artemis, is appropriate for multiple reasons?
It’s all fun. Flash would smile among those flickering lights.
Thanks for the starstruck response
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It is the perfect name for this mission – Apollo went a long ways, but Artemis (and RC Cat?) will go so much farther! Love the catronaut photo. HRH has a point… the Apollo mission never really searched for mousies 👩🚀💚
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The two were also twins – returning to the moon – even 50 years apart – is something to be celebrated by everyone. We got more than Tang out of exploration. (And RC Cat is curious if cat grass will grow even better in outer space with all that sunshine) Thanks for launching a comment to dock here
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Love the “Trip To Mars” poster. 🙂
janet
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Those were the days – of free running imagination. Those Sat. Matinee serials were the talk of the cafeteria lunch table (and such creative “what will happened next” possibilities …kids learned to wait patiently…sort of HaHa –
Thanks for launching a comment into this space
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I notice that you know who in the Oval Office has declared that the Moon actually belongs to Mars and not us, Damn! ll these years I wasted my time believing that it was Earth’s satellite I feel cheated.
I don’t think cats are smarter than dogs, no way, more sly and cunning YES, smarter? NO WAY JOSE, so you tell RC Cat to get back in her box, 🐶 🐾 🐩😊😅🐶
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Here I thought the moon belonged to June!
Cats noticed dogs were so busy snuggling up to humans (taking up all the room on the rugs, couches and beds) that they wouldn’t notice any attempts to undermine them…so the Cat Union did a lot of fake news and voila – people believed in cat superiority despite there was nothing to support it. How the fur flew once dogs realized they had been bamsnoozled…and their descendants still chase today.
Talk about antisocial behavior – all promoted by cats! (If you tell RC their secret was revealed…)
Thanks for chasing down the furever truth!
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