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i selected the name curiosity

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and i chose that name because

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i was really curious about

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um space in

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our planets and our solar system and i

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i want to inspire kids to be curious and

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to follow what their heart wants them to

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do and

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to think about things and

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and then

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i found out that i won the contest um

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when

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well i know someone was calling

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um

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our house and our mom was my mom was

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talking to someone but i didn't really

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really care because i didn't really know

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yet and then i went downstairs

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and i heard my mom saying well that's

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wonderful and she was really excited and

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i and i didn't know what would make her

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that excited and then so

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i asked my sister and she was like

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trying to be really secretive

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but um i got her to tell me why our mom

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was that excited

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so um and then

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while

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she was on the phone i was running up

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and down the stairs

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because i was really excited and i had a

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lot of energy and

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wanted to like run it off

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so

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i would like run up and down stairs

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well the mars rover is interesting to me

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because

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it's actually going somewhere besides

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earth

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and to me that's interesting because

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i've only ever

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well i've only lived in kansas which is

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really small compared to everything

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um

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and of course i've never been off the

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earth but um

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it's really exciting because i i look at

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the stars at night and

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i just wish that i could be there and

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having to do with something that will be

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going somewhere

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out there is really

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cool to me

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it's not bad to be curious and

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they should they should ask questions

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and they shouldn't be afraid to ask

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questions

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and

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they should they should want to learn

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and

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the name i suggested for nasa's mars

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science laboratory rover is curiosity

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and here's the essay i wrote

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curiosity is an everlasting flame that

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burns in everyone's mind it makes me get

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out of bed in the morning and wonder

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what surprises life will throw at me

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that day

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curiosity is such a powerful force

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without it we wouldn't be who we are

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today

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when i was younger i wondered

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why is the sky blue why do the stars

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twinkle why am i me and i still do i

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have so many questions in america is the

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place where i want to find my answers

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curiosity is the passion that drives us

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through our everyday lives we have

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become explorers and scientists with our

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need to ask questions and to wonder

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sure there are many risks and danger but

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despite that we still continue to wonder

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and dream and create and hope

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we have discovered so much about the

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world but still so little

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we will never know everything there is

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to know but with our burning curiosity

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so

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science laboratory rover our next rover

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that we're sending in 2011.

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we needed a name so it was opened up to

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high school and elementary school-aged

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kids in america to write an essay pick a

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name and write an essay describing why

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they want they think the rover should be

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called this

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there was about 9 000 entries

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and uh

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clara's was chosen

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it was uh it's a great name and a great

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sentiment that goes along with it i

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think that it was a combination of some

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public polling some mission people

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and

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a lot of input from a couple of

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different places within nasa to pick the

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right name that would really represent