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Re: Uhmm... coincidence, or no?
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lugnet.robotics
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Wed, 21 Jan 2004 08:33:29 GMT
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Julian Gomez <jeg@polished-&stopspam&pixels.com>
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> LEGO came out with a a Mindstorms set called "Exploration Mars" the same
> year that Mindstorms itself came out.
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> Lego Mindstorms' ActiveX control is called SPIRIT.OCX.
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> NASA's latest Mars rover is named Spirit.
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> Does anyone else find this to be a freaky coincidence? Or were the
> people at LEGO who designed Mindstorms in the know about what NASA's
> lander launched only last year was going to be called?
It's just a coincidence. I was working at LEGO at the time and it had
nothing to do with NASA. Also, as others have pointed out, the name Spirit
came from a contest for schoolkids, and is one of a pair of rovers, the
other being Opportunity.
--
Dr. Julian "a tribble took it" Gomez ** http://www.polished-pixels.com
(former) Director, Advanced Technology Group, LEGO A/S SPU-Darwin
(current) Senior Scientist, RIACS, NASA Ames Research Center
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| LEGO came out with a a Mindstorms set called "Exploration Mars" the same year that Mindstorms itself came out. Lego Mindstorms' ActiveX control is called SPIRIT.OCX. NASA's latest Mars rover is named Spirit. Does anyone else find this to be a freaky (...) (21 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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