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Australians to vote on name
of country’s first moon rover
Canberra, Nov 20: The Australian Space Agency (ASA) on Monday announced a shortlist of four names for the country’s first moon rover, which were chosen from over 8,000 submissions from the general public.
From Monday until December 1, Australians will be able to vote on whether the rover will be named Coolamon, Kakirra, Mateship or Roo-ver, with the winner to be announced on December 6, reports Xinhua news agency. The candidates were chosen from the submissions by an ASA panel of judges based on relevancy, creativity and the rationale provided by the person who submitted them.
A coolamon is a vessel used by Indigenous Australians for gathering and carrying; Kakirra means “moon” in the language of the Kaurna Aboriginal people of South Australia (SA) – where the ASA is based; mateship is a cultural term in Australia for a national character trait of friendship; and roo-ver incorporates Australia’s iconic kangaroos.
After being named, the rover will be sent to the moon under an agreement with NASA on one of its Artemis missions, which is aiming to launch in 2026 or 2027.
Once on the moon, ASA head Enrico Palermo told Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) television that the rover would have an important mission.
“The rover will go to the surface of the moon on a NASA rocket and collect lunar soil and it will take it to a machine that will assess if we can extract oxygen,” Palermo said. (PTI)

 

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