The Things You Learn on Space.com

I read an article this morning on space.com about the European Space Agency's SMART-1 lunar orbiter. The orbiter's mission is to create a chemical and topographical map of the lunar surface. At the end of its three-year mission the orbiter is scheduled to plunge to a fiery demise in the Lakes of Excellence, "a volcanic plain area surrounded by highlands in the mid-southern latitudes."

I was intrigued by the name, so I looked up the names of other geological features in the area. Turns out that the Lakes of Excellence are near the Mountains of Achievement, the Ridges of Value and the Basins of Commitment to Total Customer Satisfaction.

Who knew?

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/060822_science_tuesday.html