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Re:Mars to Earth at an average of 29 kbits/s by hrayr on Friday August 10, 2012 @05:04PM (#4368244)
"And curiosity was named after an essay written by a student in a competition organised by NASA for school students."

Nasa has been doing this for some time now, Sojourner[1], and MERs (Spirit & Opportunity) have also been named by student competitions.

[1] http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/MPF/rover/name.html

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