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  1. Holly :heart_agender: (hollyamory@mspsocial.net)'s status on Thursday, 07-Feb-2019 11:24:42 EST Holly :heart_agender: Holly :heart_agender:

    This is cool!

    The rover Europe sends to Mars in 2020 to look for life will carry the name of Rosalind Franklin. (She of the "what did Watson and Crick discover? Rosalind Franklin's notes!" joke I've seen going around.)

    Plenty of stuff sent (or about to be sent) into space has men's names -- the Hubble and Webb telescopes, the Parker solar probe, etc -- but I can't think of anything that's had a woman's name so far.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-47151778

    In conversation Thursday, 07-Feb-2019 11:24:42 EST from mspsocial.net permalink
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