According to NASA the next Mars rover, the Mars 2020, is looking for a name.
The names under consideration are:
Endurance, Tenacity, Promise, Perseverance, Vision, Clarity, Ingenuity, Fortitude and Courage.
Previous rovers have been named Spirit, Opportunity, and Curiousity.
ALL of those are nice words, but all of them speak to human traits. These rovers are machines, not humans. They aren’t even supporting humans. The nearest humans are over 30 million miles away. None of these fine words convey any sense of character or meaning to these marvelous machines. Why not give them names that provides some descriptive character?
My name proposal for the Mars 2020 rover? How about:
Whee! -ler?