Peter Santangeli writes:
> You know, there are times when I think Astronomers just make life hard
> on themselves when it comes to outreach. Wouldn't it be a friendlier
> science if instead of Olympus Mons, we had names like "Bob's
> Mountain", and instead of Mare Acidalium, we had "Betty's Valley".
Aw, Mars would be a lot less fun if it wasn't such a great excuse
to stand around saying things like "Niliacus Lacus" and "Nix Olympica"
and "Trivium Charontis" and "Argyre" and "Xanthe" ...
Not to mention having an excuse to break out into choruses of
"Wasting away again in Margaritifer".
...Akkana
(Now I know nobody's going to set up anywhere near me tonight ...)
(Do I have a Propontis Complex?)