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by kreck 2473 days ago
The interesting thing is that it literally translates to “why not?”, which I find quite amusing, considering the mission
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Came her to also offer the translation, which I do not see noted in the article.

I'm guessing it's from the saying “There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why? I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?”

(Sources suggest George Bernard Shaw said this and he was born in 1856.)

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7047-there-are-those-that-l...

Indeed I find the naming fascinating, maybe the only ship I know of named as a question, with literally the question mark in its name.