Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Cosmic Name Game

I heartily approve of naming exoplanets.  Enough with the boring alphanumeric strings, and bring on Cardassia Prime and Coruscant!

4 comments:

Tim said...

shouldn't we wait to make sure the planets aren't named already?

Frank said...

The aliens are welcome to make their submissions!

Tim said...

"There’s no point in acting surprised about it. All the planning charts and demolition orders have been on display at your local planning department in Alpha Centauri for 50 of your Earth years, so you’ve had plenty of time to lodge any formal complaint and it’s far too late to start making a fuss about it now. … What do you mean you’ve never been to Alpha Centauri? Oh, for heaven’s sake, mankind, it’s only four light years away, you know. I’m sorry, but if you can’t be bothered to take an interest in local affairs, that’s your own lookout. Energize the demolition beams."

Frank said...

No, I just think we're Alabama; no one wants to visit the hicks.