Curiosity
Insight
Spirit
Opportunity
If you think about it,
all of these names of past mars rovers are qualities we possess as humans.
We are always curious, and seek opportunity.
We have the spirit and insight to explore
the moon, mars,
and beyond.
But, if rovers are to be the qualities of us as a race,
we missed the most important thing.
Perseverance.
We as humans evolved as creatures
who could learn to adapt to any situation,
no matter how harsh.
We are a species of explorers,
and we will meet many setbacks on the way to mars.
However, we can persevere.
We, not as a nation but as humans,
will not give up.
the human race will always persevere into the future.
My name is Alexander Mather
and that’s why I chose perseverance
as the name of NASA’s next Mars rover.
I don’t really think that there is a word
in any human language that can describe
the feeling of having your name selected
to be part of a mission
from the greatest agency in the world
doing the most important things to help humanity spread to the stars.
I am 13 years old
and I did not expect that
I would be making any form of impact
on human space exploration
like this until I was at least out of college
or maybe in an internship
and
here I am
and I just named a rover.
Something I submitted
was chosen by people
who one day I plan to work with
and
and that’s incredible.
To me Perseverance means that in the
inevitable setbacks that were going to face on the main way to Mars,
humans won’t give up,
humans will keep on sending new missions,
humans will keep on improving technologies
and humans will eventually
live on other places throughout the solar system
and maybe even beyond.
And that’s just so important for all of our futures.
