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Curiosity

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Insight

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Spirit

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Opportunity

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If you think about it,

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all of these names of past mars rovers are qualities we possess as humans.

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We are always curious, and seek opportunity.

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We have the spirit and insight to explore
the moon, mars,

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and beyond.

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But, if rovers are to be the qualities of us as a race,

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we missed the most important thing.

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Perseverance.

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We as humans evolved as creatures

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who could learn to adapt to any situation,

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no matter how harsh.

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We are a species of explorers,

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and we will meet many setbacks on the way to mars.

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However, we can persevere.

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We, not as a nation but as humans,

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will not give up.

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the human race will always persevere into the future.

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My name is Alexander Mather

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and that’s why I chose perseverance

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as the name of NASA’s next Mars rover.

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I don’t really think that there is a word
in any human language that can describe

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the feeling of having your name selected

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to be part of a mission

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from the greatest agency in the world

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doing the most important things to help humanity spread to the stars.

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I am 13 years old

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and I did not expect that
I would be making any form of impact

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on human space exploration

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like this until I was at least out of college

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or maybe in an internship

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and

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here I am

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and I just named a rover.

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Something I submitted

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was chosen by people

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who one day I plan to work with

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and

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To me Perseverance means that in the

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inevitable setbacks that were going to face on the main way to Mars,

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humans won’t give up,

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humans will keep on sending new missions,

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humans will keep on improving technologies

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and humans will eventually

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live on other places throughout the solar system