Monday, May 11, 2009

Goheung rocket to be named "Naro." That's it?

Well, I guess that's okay. They didnt choose "Rocket Propose," "Korea Up! Up," or "Touch To The Happy Space" or whatever else we've come to expect a nickname to be. You'll remember they had a naming contest open to the public to find a name for the rocket, to be launched from Goheung county and be the first space object launched domestically.
The name is taken from the Naro Space Center, a launch site built in Goheung, South Jeolla, and was selected through an online process that began in late February, the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology said.

“Because the space center embodies Korea’s aspirations to explore the stars, the ‘Naro’ name has been deemed as being appropriate for the rocket,” a ministry spokesman said.

I kind of liked my "우주 like to go to space?" A Gwangju resident won the contest, and will get three million won.

1 comment:

Me said...

Yeah, it could have been much worse. So how far away is 외나로도 from where you live? I've always wanted to make a trip down there but it's much too out of the way. You should look into contacting sites like dailygalaxy.com to see if they'd be interested in a piece on the launch area, whereupon you could go down there in person and show what it looks like up close...assuming individuals are allowed to do that.