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PEOPLE & ARTS Monday 26 august 2019

Rolling Stones get name on little Martian rock that rolled

By ANDREW DALTON California stadium that is before it was announced.
Associated Press just a stone's throw from The concert had originally
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) NASA's Jet Propulsion Labo- been scheduled for spring,
— There is now a "Rolling ratory, which manages In- before the Stones post-
Stones Rock" on Mars, and Sight. poned their No Filter North
it's giving Mick, Keith and "Cross-pollinating science American tour because
the boys some serious satis- and a legendary rock band Jagger had heart surgery.
faction. is always a good thing," the The 76-year-old showed no
NASA named a little stone "Iron Man" actor said back- signs of poor health or even
for the legendary rock- stage. his age as he danced,
ers after its InSight robotic He told the crowd that JPL pranced and boogied up
lander captured it rolling scientists had come up with and down a long catwalk
across the surface of Mars the name "in a fit of fandom that extended to the mid-
last year, and the new and clever association." dle of the stadium's field.
moniker was made public "Charlie, Ronnie, Keith and From left, Ron Wood, Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts and Keith Rich- He did poke fun at his ad-
at Thursday night's Rolling Mick — they were in no ards of the Rolling Stones perform during their concert at the vanced years.
Stones' concert at the Rose way opposed to the no- Rose Bowl, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019, in Pasadena, Calif. "It's great to be back at the
Bowl. tion," Downey said, "but in Associated Press Rose Bowl in Pasadena,"
"NASA has given us some- typical egalitarian fashion, Jagger said. "At least I think
thing we have always they suggested I assist in than a golf ball, was moved all its Mars missions since we've been here before."
dreamed of, our very own procuring 60,000 votes to by InSight's own thrusters as 1997, said in a statement. (They have, in 1994.)
rock on Mars. I can't be- make it official, so that's my the robotic lander touched "This one probably won't be He also said, "We walked
lieve it," Mick Jagger told mission." down on Mars on Nov. 26. in a lot of scientific papers, up and down Hollywood
the crowd after grooving He led the audience in a It only moved about 3 feet but it's definitely one of the Boulevard looking for the
through a rendition of "Tum- shout of "aye" before de- (0.9 meters), but that's the coolest." Rolling Stones star but
bling Dice." ''I want to bring claring the deed done. farthest NASA has seen a The Rolling Stones and couldn't find it." (The band
it back and put it on our Jagger later said, "I want to rock roll while landing a NASA logos were shown doesn't have one.)
mantelpiece." say a special thanks to our craft on another planet. side by side in the run-up And he took a dig at Presi-
Robert Downey Jr. an- favorite action man Robert "I've seen a lot of Mars to the show as the sun set dent Donald Trump's recent
nounced the name, taking Downey Jr. That was a very rocks over my career," Matt over the Rose Bowl, leaving talk of acquiring Green-
the stage just before the nice intro he gave." Golombek, a JPL geologist many fans perplexed as to land when introducing his
band's set at the Southern The rock, just a little bigger who has helped NASA land what the connection was bandmates.q