Hmm... Haven't They Heard Curiosity Killed The Cat?

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 raison d'être of the entire thing!

One last one, before we go, 

one that is both a fine example of photoshop wizardry 

and a finer example still 

of what a real good use that can be made 

of social networks and the like: 

share gems like these 

to make the powers-that-be know 

that we disapprove of what they're doing  

This is, indeed, the only welcome 

that they deserve to get 

anywhere they go! 

Hmm... 

Makes me wonder now, 

in parting, 

if the fact that the 

Total Recall remake 

(in theaters right now)

does not make it to Mars 

as the original did 

had anything to do 

with Curiosity 

being there...? 

Hmm...!