NEOSHO, Mo. One girl from Neosho could be choosing the name of NASAs 2020 rover after being named a semi-finalist in a national competition. <\/p>\n
8-year-old Schiylah Pilant, a student at Neosho Christian School, entered the contest. <\/p>\n
Her suggested name for the rover is Mystery, and she wrote an essay to be considered. <\/p>\n
She and 155 other students beat out 28,000 other applicants across the nation to be semi-finalists. <\/p>\n
Schiylah has always had a passion for science and studying rocks which inspired her to get involved. . Schiylah Pilant, named semi-finalist in Name The Rover contest, says, The one thing it has that the other one didnt is a drill, and it is going to drill through rocks to get core samples to look for past microbial life. <\/p>\n
In a few weeks, Schiylah will find out if she is in the top nine finalists in the contest. <\/p>\n
Only one person will have the rover named their idea. <\/p>\n
They will also get a chance to see the rover launch at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. <\/p>\n
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