March 3, 2004: Another Planet Heard From

Okay, it won't actually launch until May, but check out the MESSENGER probe project which will go to Mercury.

MESSENGER stands for "MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging," which certainly took some work to put together. Had they but known about the Brunching Shuttlecocks Cyborg Name Generator they could have saved time and had the altogether neater "Mechanical Electronic Soldier Skilled in Efficient Nullification and Galactic Efficient Repair."
-- Steve Jackson

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