Students will name the next Mars Rover

NASA decided to let the students choose the name of the next robot to go to Mars. Here are the details of the contest.

NASA has decided to give students the opportunity to choose the name of the next robot to march. For the moment, his name is limited to March 2020, which is a bit bland.

The whole country goes

Participants will have until the first of november to give back a short essay of 150 words explaining why NASA should choose their name for the robot. Not being an American citizen, you will not be able to participate, but you still have a look at the official contest website.

The tests will be noted on their relevance and originality. A name like Wall-e will not be accepted. It must be said that March 2020 is not so cute with his car size and his 1040 kg.

Finally, everything depends on the judges, because NASA is looking for volunteer judges. And any citizen over the age of 18 has the right to propose. When we see the number of trolls on the internet, we can only hope that only responsible people ask for the job.

He wants to do like his big brother

The president of the space agency, Jim Bridenstine, finds that it is " A wonderful opportunity to involve youth of our nation in NASA missions. But you have to know that the idea is not of him.

Indeed, the Curiosity rover already owes its name to a child of 6th. Finally, who was in 6th place 10 years ago, she must now be 21 or 22 years old.

And speaking of Curiosity, the new March 2020 looks amazing to him. At least he presents the same chassis and the same landing system than his big brother.

More about life on Mars?

March 2020 will be launched from Cape Canaveral in July 2020, and the winner of the competition will be invited. The new NASA robot can then complete Curiosity's research on the existence of life on March a long time ago.

Maybe then can we find a solution to live there ourselves. For now the only possibility, according to Elon Musk, remains dangerous, since it is about sending a nuclear bomb on the red planet.