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In preparation of the future arrival of glorious Soviet cosmonauts, it seems to me that the red planet should be the Red planet with appropriately named features. I have taken it upon myself to rename some of the more popular landmarks on the planet to give them a more Soviet feel.
-Olympus Mons will be named October Mons, after the Glorious October Revolution. Alternately, Comrade PrOP-M suggests Opportunitygrrl Mons. It is my belief he admires her in an other-than-professional way. I am sure the Politburo will wish to
discuss this matter with him.
-Phobos will be named Marx, after Glorious Comrade Marx.
-Deimos will be named Engels after Glorious Comrade Engels.
-Tyrrhena Patera will be named Titov Patera, after Most Glorious Comrade Cosmonaut Titov.
-Valles Marinaris will be named Valles Marsnik, after Comrade Marsnik 1, the Soviet
Union's first attempt at a planetary probe.
-Arsia Mons will be named Andropov Mons, after Glorious Comrade Secretary Andropov.
-Tempe Terra will be named Tereshkova Terra, after Glorious Comrade Cosmonaut
Tereshkova, first woman in space.
-Chryse Planitia will be named Krushchev Planitia, after Comrade Secretary Krushchev.
-Utopia Planitia will be named Gagarin Planitia, after Glorious Comrade Cosmonaut Gagarin.
-Noctis Labyrinthus will be named Lenin Labyrinthus, after Comrade Secretary Lenin.
-Planum Boreum will be named Planum Brezhnev, after Comrade Secretary Brezhnev.
-Ptolemaeus Crater will be named Pathfindress Crater. Comrade PrOP-M feels a need to name the crater on whose 'shores' sit our landing site and the future City of Gagaringrad after yet another capitalist western rover. I am convinced he has other-than-professional feelings for her as well.
Of course, these new names are unofficial until they have been approved by the most glorious U.S.S.A., the Union of Soviet Socialist Astronomers.
-Olympus Mons will be named October Mons, after the Glorious October Revolution. Alternately, Comrade PrOP-M suggests Opportunitygrrl Mons. It is my belief he admires her in an other-than-professional way. I am sure the Politburo will wish to
discuss this matter with him.
-Phobos will be named Marx, after Glorious Comrade Marx.
-Deimos will be named Engels after Glorious Comrade Engels.
-Tyrrhena Patera will be named Titov Patera, after Most Glorious Comrade Cosmonaut Titov.
-Valles Marinaris will be named Valles Marsnik, after Comrade Marsnik 1, the Soviet
Union's first attempt at a planetary probe.
-Arsia Mons will be named Andropov Mons, after Glorious Comrade Secretary Andropov.
-Tempe Terra will be named Tereshkova Terra, after Glorious Comrade Cosmonaut
Tereshkova, first woman in space.
-Chryse Planitia will be named Krushchev Planitia, after Comrade Secretary Krushchev.
-Utopia Planitia will be named Gagarin Planitia, after Glorious Comrade Cosmonaut Gagarin.
-Noctis Labyrinthus will be named Lenin Labyrinthus, after Comrade Secretary Lenin.
-Planum Boreum will be named Planum Brezhnev, after Comrade Secretary Brezhnev.
-Ptolemaeus Crater will be named Pathfindress Crater. Comrade PrOP-M feels a need to name the crater on whose 'shores' sit our landing site and the future City of Gagaringrad after yet another capitalist western rover. I am convinced he has other-than-professional feelings for her as well.
Of course, these new names are unofficial until they have been approved by the most glorious U.S.S.A., the Union of Soviet Socialist Astronomers.