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 Help NASA Name Satellite
158 Signatures - Start Date:
2-27-2008 - Last Signed:
3-5-2009
Description:
Be the first to tell your friends and family you helped name the satellite that will give new insight into the nature of the universe. Help NASA with naming the cutting edge Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, otherwise known as GLAST, observatory before it launches in mid-2008. The satellite will observe some of the most energetic sources of radiation in the universe.  The name can be no longer than 30 characters and also must include an explanation of no more than 25 words for each suggestion. 
When coming up with your suggestion, please consider the following: - The deadline for submissions is March 31, 2008.
- The name should capture the excitement of GLAST’s mission, bringing attention to gamma rays and high-energy astronomy.
- The name should be catchy, something that people will talk about.
- Make it simple and easy to say. Nothing says complex and inaccessible like a mouthful of acronyms.
- In keeping with NASA tradition, the satellite will not be named after a person who is still living.
- Finally, the name must be original and not associated with any past, present or future astronomical observatory or space mission (domestic or international) or any NASA program. Sorry, Voyager fans!
Anyone who suggests a name in our forum section will receive a "Certificate of Participation" from NASA via return e-mail, and their name will be entered into drawing to win a year's worth of online telescope time donated by SLOOH, the Live Online Observatory. All names and statements submitted by you become the property of NASA and will not be acknowledged or returned. Your e-mail address will not be provided to others but will be used only for providing you a "Certificate of Participation". Your name may be used in a NASA, SLOOH or YouChoose.net press release. Loading People...
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"GLASTnost"
(meaning "GLAST: new observatory for sky tracking"; also a tribute to Mikhael Gorbachev's legacy.)
"GLASTnost"
(which means "GLAST-new observatory for sky tracking"; also a tribute to Mikhael Gorvachev's legacy.)
--elmer (elpogidawako@yahoo.com)
*Photon 08 (Because Gamma rays are made of high energy photons with enegies over 100 KeV)
*Black Hole or Black Hole Finder (Cause one of the objetives of GLAST is to Probe dark matter)
*Electronvolt (cause eV is a unit of energy)
*G-ray (Beause of the Gamma rays)
Villard's eye
I would have to agree with Donald C On this one. It would be wrong not to call it this.
Villard's eye
Named after Paul Ulrich Villard the french chemist and physicist who discovered gamma rays in 1900.
"Kryptonite," if its going to measure radiation it should be called kryptonite, because radiation can be used for virtuous things but it can also be our archenemy.
PATHFINDER
For the way that it could observe and calculate or find an escape for when those radiations could affect us more...
SYMBAN
IT MEANS EVERYTHING THE ABSOLUTE POWER BUT CAN ALSO BE TRANSLATED AS FOLLOWS:SPACE YEOHELP MISSION BEYOND ANY NATION.
Name it ht HULK. He was large as is space and he came about because of Gamma rays and everyone is familiar with the name. Not least its a "big" project.
Hawkens...Steven Hawkens, Canadian Scientist who could only communicate with his eyes because of a physical disability
Gammaramatron.....or maybe Gammaramatron 2000
probably should not name it after a greek god because the whole separation of church and state. Whatever happens the name should probably be fiercely American. so here we go:
get er' done, fo-sho, A-WMD(Actual Weapon of mass destruction), The Freedom Machine, Dale Earnhardt, Hogan's Hero, Dale Earnhardt Jr., JR.
Gammaramatron.....or maybe Gammaramatron 2000
probably should not name it after a greek god because the whole separation of church and state. Whatever happens the name should probably be fiercely American. so here we go:
get er' done, fo-sho, A-WMD(Actual Weapon of mass destruction), The Freedom Machine, Dale Earnhardt, Hogan's Hero, Dale Earnhardt Jr., JR.
" SPACE LORD "
I think that this name let's the world know that it will be looking out for our lives here on earth just like God does.
"SPACE LORD"
I think that this name let's the world know that it will be looking out for our lives here on earth just like God does.
"Gammaramatron"
Nice!!
-E-
"DEMETRA"
By the greek goddess of agriculture and fertility.
Strong, optimistic and able to make you think positive of the future.
i suggest the name " the sidereal nuncius telescope. it was the name of a book by gallileo. it was the first book to challenge beliefs about the universe based on observations through a telescope.translated it means starry messenger
OR YOU CAN NAMED IT “GEORGE BUSH THE DISTROYER“...
JAJAJAJAJAJA
OR “THE CLINTON JEWISH MAFFIA TEAM“?...
A NAME LIKE IN ONE OF THE ANTIC LANGUAGE AS THE OLD EGIPTIAN., A WORD THAT AFTER SEEN ONE TIME YOU WILL NEVER FORGET SUCH WORD HAVE MANY MEANINGS DEPENDING WHEN AND HOW TO USE IT AND I WILL SAY IS PERFECT FOR SOMETHING THAT IS MADE BY COURAGE AND ACCURACY, THE WORD WILL BE “ACCUMACHENTE“.
Something like,“LETS GO FOR IT“¡... IN AN OLD EGIPTIAN WAY AS “ACUMACHENTE“... WILL BE A NAME TO NEVER FORGET BY ANY ONE¡...
The Arthur C. Clarke Observatory?
NINESTAR - ANTONIA LOVES THE NAME SO WE HAVE PUT IT IN THE MIX.
DIVINATION - INSIGHT INTO THE FUTURE WHAT ELSE IS THE SATELLITE GOING TO BE USED FOR.
EPICYCLOID - A SMALL CIRCLE THAT MOVES AROUND A LARGER CIRCLE. SATELLITE EARTH GET THE PICTURE LOL
CONTROVERSARY - KIMS IDEA FOR THE SATELLITE
PROPYLAEUM - THE ENTRANCE TO ATHENS
KOUSHIRO - A JAPANESE BOYS NAME KIMS AGAIN
HERMES - THE GREEK GODS MESSENGER
SYCOPHANT - A FOLLOWER
I LIKE THE NAME 'LUCIFER', WHICH MEANS 'HE WHO BRINGS THE LIGHT'. IT INCLUDES BOTH A POSITIVE AND A NEGATIVE MEANING, DEPENDING ON THE TERMS OF USE AND THE PURPOSES IT WILL SERVE.
( HE ) This means that Human eye
( WWW ) This means that we will watch
( NGE ) This means that Next Generations eye
( HE ) This means that Human eye
( WWW ) This means that we will watch
( NGE ) This means that Next Generations eye
DEEP X-EYE
astro-boy or gama-eye space-spy
"Deep Space Eye" or D. S. Eye" for short. The name says exactly what it is.
"Deep Space Eye" or "D.S. Eye" for short. The name says what it is.
ALEXANDROS