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Re: Re-name Mars after David Bowie?
2016/01/15 14:53:01
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☄ Helpfulby SteveStrummerUK 2016/01/17 15:27:40
People always do this kind of stuff after we lose an icon. They lose steam very quickly though and the hype goes down. Doubt anything will happen.
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Re: Re-name Mars after David Bowie?
2016/01/15 14:57:43
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Yeah.. I think I would like Planet Bowie at least as much as a planet named after a god of war. Just saying... maybe they should change it to something that matters. Planet Sonar!
Then again, what if they find spiders on Mars or they find Martians that ventured to Mars from Saturn or Venus... or have MERCY!! ... Uranus?
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Re: Re-name Mars after David Bowie?
2016/01/15 15:21:27
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☄ Helpfulby Mesh 2016/01/19 12:15:37
Keep the planet name the way it is. Millions of schoolchildren went through the angst of losing Pluto just a few years ago, and teaching kids to name the planets in order is the most important goal of science education in the 21st century. The classics on the other hand hardly figure in the modern curriculum. So let's just rename the Roman god of War David Bowie. Hardly anyone will notice, and the children will not have to re-learn anything they already know or be further confused by changes in science.
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Re: Re-name Mars after David Bowie?
2016/01/15 20:24:17
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We definitely should change the name of "Mars" to "David". If hyper-intelligent life from a distance, advanced solar system makes contact with us, they will think we are way cool! What species would want to make war on, enslave or snatch the bodies of a people who named a whole planet after one of the great artists of our time?
Trouble is - we have a shortage of planets. But no end to regular stars in the heavens. Those who want to name things may need to be satisfied with that.
Also, I'm hoping that after the recent close pass by the New Horizons probe, we may see Pluto reinstated as a planet - It sure looks like a planet to me. I mean, it has a moon and everything! What more do they want?
Martians....Poor guys are the most stereotyped folks there are. Just because WE named their planet after our god of war. The name they use for themselves: "9uio***~{>?" means "We who chill all day on the red-sand Martian beaches drinking Space beer".
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Re: Re-name Mars after David Bowie?
2016/01/16 08:50:28
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"We who chill all day on the red-sand Martian beaches drinking Space beer".
Heh. I did that back in 1970. I never got onboard with Pluto not being a planet. It was, is, and will be a planet I don't care what other people say. Just ignore them, they are just guessing. They are wrong. Pluto is still a planet.
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Re: Re-name Mars after David Bowie?
2016/01/16 11:20:20
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"We who chill all day on the red-sand Martian beaches drinking Space beer".
Heh. I did that back in 1970. I never got onboard with Pluto not being a planet. It was, is, and will be a planet I don't care what other people say. Just ignore them, they are just guessing. They are wrong. Pluto is still a planet.
Well, I was thinking that the "earth" does not have a name! So giving it "Ziggy" is actually quite OK with me, and such a good description of everything out there that we can't relate to and think it means more than it really is! Sooooo a propos!
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Re: Re-name Mars after David Bowie?
2016/01/16 20:39:46
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Yes, our planet is named after dirt right?
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Re: Re-name Mars after David Bowie?
2016/01/17 01:56:20
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And our moon has no name. So, if they DID rename Mars to Bowie, then where would the spiders he sang about come from? 
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Re: Re-name Mars after David Bowie?
2016/01/17 08:29:49
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There was a period of time not that long ago when it was politically correct to pronounce it Your-an-Us (with a short a) so, any time I was in a conversation (it does happen more than you would think) about the planets in the solar system I would intentionally pronounce it Your-Anus. Not only did the P.C'ness piss me off, it ruined one of my favorite childhood jokes: Q. What do Star Trek and toilet paper have in common? A. They both circle Uranus hunting for Klingons. ... and don't even get me started on Pluto. I almost got into a fist fight with a barista at Caribou (it is like Starbucks) awhile back over a "$0.10 if you answer the trivia correctly" question. The question couldn't have been any easier: name the planets in our solar system. I think what I am getting at is that it bugs the hell out of me when people mess around with the names of the planets but, in this case, I would support a change to planet Bowie (although planet David has a nice ring to it). "Life on Mars" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v--IqqusnNQ
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Re: Re-name Mars after David Bowie?
2016/01/17 14:54:59
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The line that always cracks me up is "Uranus is gaseous." Maybe someday, when I become a teenager, it won't be as funny. 
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Re: Re-name Mars after David Bowie?
2016/01/17 16:37:03
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Re: Re-name Mars after David Bowie?
2016/01/17 16:38:12
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☄ Helpfulby BassDaddy 2016/01/18 11:18:24
If they change Mars to Bowie, maybe they should change Uranus to Keef.
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Re: Re-name Mars after David Bowie?
2016/01/18 11:07:06
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☄ Helpfulby craigb 2016/01/18 16:10:55
Would the first planet be changed to Freddie?
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Re: Re-name Mars after David Bowie?
2016/01/19 09:06:35
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Re: Re-name Mars after David Bowie?
2016/01/19 09:20:30
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Would the first planet be changed to Freddie?
Gosh, and this Fred has really gone to the dogs!
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Re: Re-name Mars after David Bowie?
2016/01/19 11:49:46
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Re: Re-name Mars after David Bowie?
2016/01/19 12:03:32
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Would the first planet be changed to Freddie?
Gosh, and this Fred has really gone to the dogs!
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Re: Re-name Mars after David Bowie?
2016/01/19 15:14:30
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It occurs to me that David Jones has already been renamed David Bowie. So I would like to amend my suggestion about renaming the Roman god of war. Instead we should rename the planet Mars, Biggus Dickus, which was apparently the name or the war god before he changed it at the advice of his publicist.
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Re: Re-name Mars after David Bowie?
2016/01/19 16:50:16
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Calling it Freddie really isn't renaming it. It is just calling it by its first name.
Unless you are planning on referring to it as Freddy as in Freddy Krueger.
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Re: Re-name Mars after David Bowie?
2016/01/20 19:45:02
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I don't know about all this renaming hoo-haw, but for the next couple of days you should be able to see five planets in the pre-morning sky (provided you don't have rain, clouds, excessive smog or bad eyesight that is!). For those on the short bus, these planets include Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn (though I suppose you could look straight down to see a sixth). Of all of these, I'm still blown away when I can see Saturn's rings, usually with my binoculars.
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Re: Re-name Mars after David Bowie?
2016/01/21 04:42:17
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"A David Bowie a day helps you work, rest and play" :-)
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Re: Re-name Mars after David Bowie?
2016/01/21 09:04:46
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They're renaming the candy bar? 
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Re: Re-name Mars after David Bowie?
2016/01/21 10:36:18
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craigb
I don't know about all this renaming hoo-haw, but for the next couple of days you should be able to see five planets in the pre-morning sky (provided you don't have rain, clouds, excessive smog or bad eyesight that is!). For those on the short bus, these planets include Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn (though I suppose you could look straight down to see a sixth). Of all of these, I'm still blown away when I can see Saturn's rings, usually with my binoculars.
You must have some really good binoculars. I'm about due for new ones... what do you have? BTW, have you seen this APP? It is called Skyguide. It is one of my two favorite APPs. http://www.fifthstarlabs.com/#sky-guide J
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Re: Re-name Mars after David Bowie?
2016/01/21 10:37:36
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Hi,
What a ripoff ... I used some binoculars and could not find any spiders in mars!
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Re: Re-name Mars after David Bowie?
2016/01/21 10:54:36
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They're renaming the candy bar?
I should hope so. I mean, the alternative would be bloody stupid, right? You'd have songs like, "Is there life on David Bowie?", sung by David Bowie, who's dead. However, we have just had four David Bowie vending machines delivered downstairs, along with a pallet loaded with David Bowies, Galaxy's, Bounty Bars and the like. So, it may be that I become involved in writing the software which will be installed on David Bowie vending machines worldwide! [...and best of all, the David Bowies are currently free vend...]
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Re: Re-name Mars after David Bowie?
2016/01/21 11:17:35
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I don't think a David Bowie bar would be appealing. A mind is a terrible thing..
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Re: Re-name Mars after David Bowie?
2016/01/21 11:44:28
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I am thinking we could rename Pluto, BB King.
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Re: Re-name Mars after David Bowie?
2016/01/22 11:19:00
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☄ Helpfulby craigb 2016/01/22 15:25:56
 David Bowie?
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Re: Re-name Mars after David Bowie?
2016/01/22 15:13:39
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I bet Mick has spiders though... (And probably in that hat!)
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