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Jet Propulsion Laboratory, for those who are missing basic writing standards.
by beastman82 4mo ago
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, for those who are missing basic writing standards.
- xp84 4mo agoJPL has been around for over 80 years now -- I'm not sure that assuming basic familiarity with it, among people who would care about the Curiosity rover, is even a controversial choice, let alone 'substandard' writing. I think especially for an organization like JPL, where the name is far from a full description of what they're currently about anyway, people tend to just think of them as 'JPL' rather than how we think of, say, the United Nations. Edit: Also, all a reader even needs to know is what the sentence already directly implies -- that "JPL" are the ones in charge of operating Curiosity. It's like saying "How AMR Corp keeps American Airlines flying during challenging times for aviation"
- DharmaPolice 4mo agoI do care about the Curiosity rover but I'll be honest that I only know JPL from The Martian.
- WalterBright 4mo agoIt was named "Jet Propulsion Laboratory" for PR purposes, as they thought the local citizens would be concerned about a "Rocket Propulsion Laboratory" in their vicinity.
- bruckie 4mo agoThe first line of the article starts out "Thirteen years ago last August, I was camped out in NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory press room..."
- hatthew 4mo agoAnyone not familiar with "JPL" will not be helped by spelling out "Jet Propulsion Laboratory", since it's a misnomer anyways.
- voidUpdate 4mo agoNational Aeronautics and Space Administration if people are still confused, I guess