Anyone can name the new Mars rover, but the nerds in charge will have to approve it

Space. The final frontier. A vast, formless abyss into which humanity launches its satellites and rovers in a boundless quest for knowledge. The discoveries made in that airless vacuum of mystery could impact the human understanding of the cosmos, and now anyone has the opportunity to name one of the rovers that the European Space Agency will use to explore the surface of Mars.

Except the European Space Agency will choose the rover's final name with a panel of scientists. And they probably won't go for Marsy McMarsface. 

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