A lot of Twitter users were under the impression that NASA had requested the public to share name suggestions for a mission to the ice giant.
However there is a slight twist to the story; a Twitter account named Ice Giant Missions, which isn’t part of the NASA team, encouraged people to visit Uranus and Neptune and it was this account that asked for possible names for a Uranus probe.
Ice Giant Missions wanted people to use their imagination to come up with a brilliant name for a Uranus mission. There was a wide range of suggestions with some of them being on the more serious side and others being absurd.
One user suggested MUSE (Mission Uranus Science Expedition) and Earhart named after Amelia Mary Earhart, an American aviation pioneer and writer. Another name idea is Tempest, which is a play written by Shakespeare in 1610–1611.
There were other names that would leave a smile on the space enthusiasts such as Deep Dive, Charmin, and Seymore Butts. There were also acronyms such as Research Education Charging Towards Uranus Mission (RECTUM) and Planetary Orbital Observations Probe (POOP). People even thought of “Our Anus,” as a way to honor space missions for bringing people together despite our differences.
There’s a reason why NASA doesn’t request the public for guidance on names since many people can’t get their heads out of the toilets. Can we blame them though? Apparently, the planet actually smells like farts and rotten eggs.
Source: https://twitter.com/ExploreIGO/status/1568673629856043010