l.p. - luminous pondering - hmm...

Why did the ninny NASA name their latest drone  ''Curiosity'' of all things...?!? Of all possible names for it, couldn't they have gone with  something more... valiant, awe-inspiring, noble perhaps?  Something like ''Searcher'' or ''Explorer'' -  names were taken already, eh?  Or they just lacked that latest brand of  ''All-American Oomph''  that was so eagerly sought for here...  Another fine way to misuse enormous sums of cold hard cash  that could have done a hell of a lot of good right down here  on terra firma - it only there was a will for that...  Only in America indeed  can one find all the arguments for such a waste of funds,  time, effort and energy  not to mention media coverage  AND also find so many amusing  derisive and right-on lampoons  of the very same endeavour  questioning with style  the very heart of the matter  and rai...