Curiosity may have killed the cat, but NASA, for one, is hoping for a more alluring outcome. The results of a national contest to name the agency's next Mars rover are in, and the winning moniker is Curiosity.
In a press release NASA says it received more than 9,000 proposals from students. The selection committee also weighed suggestions from people involved in the 
Mars Science Laboratory program and from a public poll (non-binding, particularly after the brouhaha stirred up by comedian Stephen Colbert, who made a pitch to have the space station's last connecting hub named after him.)
Sixth-grader Clara Ma of Kansas won the honors, thanks in part to an essay that reads:
"Curiosity is an everlasting flame that burns in everyone's mind. It makes me get out of bed in the morning and wonder what surprises life will throw at me that day. Curiosity is such a powerful force. Without it, we wouldn't be who we are today. Curiosity is the passion that drives us through our everyday lives. We have become explorers and scientists with our need to ask questions and to wonder."
NASA says that Curiosity will be larger and more capable than any craft previously sent to land on Mars and that it will check to see whether the environment in a selected landing region ever has been favorable for supporting microbial life and preserving evidence of life.
Curiously missing from the Curiosity release is that the rover won't be launched this year, as originally planned, due to technical complexities and budget overruns. Let's just hope Curiosity doesn't kill off the rest of NASA's Mars science program getting back on track.
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