英国太空机构为其“主动太空碎片清除任务”征集名称，读者们果然没有让人失望。由ClearSpace UK主导、旨在从近地轨道清除两颗英国注册卫星的“主动太空碎片清除任务”（从而展示英国在清理轨道垃圾方面的实力）需要一个名字。坦白说，“主动太空碎片清除任务”这个名字实在拗口，虽然工程师们长期以来一直在寻找让缩写词赋义的方法（本文作者一直相当喜欢PICNIC——即“问题在椅子上，不在电脑里”，Problem In Chair, Not In Computer），但英国太空机构决定需要一个正式的名字。
The UK Space Agency asked for names for its Active Debris Removal Mission, and, of course, the readership didn't disappoint. The Active Debris Removal Mission, led by ClearSpace UK and intended to remove a pair of UK-registered satellites from Low Earth Orbit (thus demonstrating Blighty's prowess when it comes to orbital litter picking), needs a name. Let's face it, Active Debris Removal Mission hardly rolls off the tongue and, while engineers have long found ways to make meaning from acronyms (this writer has always been rather fond of PICNIC – Problem In Chair, Not In Computer), the UK Space Agency decided it needed a proper name.
这怎么可能会出错呢？毕竟，在挑选有趣名字这方面，伟大的英国公众又不是没有过前科（正如声名狼藉的“博蒂·麦克博蒂脸”号闹剧所表明的那样）。
What could possibly go wrong? After all, it's not as if the great British public has form when it comes to picking interesting names (as the infamous Boaty McBoatface debacle demonstrated).
因此，SpaceyMcSpaceFace和Binny McBinFace在投票中早期领先（对于我们的美国读者，bin一词意为垃圾桶）。其他建议包括提及英国长盛不衰的游戏节目《3-2-1》（3-2-1），即“达斯蒂·宾”（Dusty Bin）。“达斯蒂·宾”是该节目的安慰奖，很高兴知道有些人至少和本文作者一样老。另一个显然受到我们自己的PARIS和LOHAN启发的建议是SHART——卫星收割与重返大气层拖船（Satellite Harvesting And Re-entry Tug），还有令人愉快的TIDY计划（院内碎片定向干预，Targeted Intervention for Debris in the Yard），听起来太像有可能会获胜了。
SpaceyMcSpaceFace and Binny McBinFace therefore took an early lead in voting (for our American readers, a bin is a word for a trash can). Other suggestions included a reference to the long-running British game show, 3-2-1, with "Dusty Bin". Dusty Bin was the show's booby prize, and it's good to know that some people are at least as old as this writer. Another, clearly inspired by our own PARIS and LOHAN, was SHART – Satellite Harvesting And Re-entry Tug, and there was the delightful Project TIDY (Targeted Intervention for Debris in the Yard), which sounds a little too much like it might win.
我们《注册》杂志如果可能的话倾向于远离政治，但“首相垃圾桶”（Prime Binister）戳中了我们的笑点。向英国最著名的第二名候选人致敬也是如此：Binface男爵。对于不知情的读者，一位名叫Binface伯爵（Count Binface）的候选人——其形象是一位头顶垃圾桶的星际太空战士——参加了2026年的克拉克顿补选。在近万名选民决定比起现任议员奈杰尔·法拉奇（Nigel Farage）更喜欢一个搞怪候选人之后，这位候选人获得了第二名。
We at The tend to steer clear of politics if possible, but "Prime Binister" tickled our fancy. As did a tribute to the UK's most famous second-place candidate: Baron Binface. For readers unaware, a candidate named Count Binface, presenting as an intergalactic space warrior with a dustbin for a head, stood in the Clacton by-election in 2026. The candidate came second after almost ten thousand voters decided they preferred a novelty candidate to the incumbent, Nigel Farage.
法拉奇以巨大优势获胜。然而，Binface（以及McBinface）已经为卫星清理任务赢得了民意测验。至少对读者而言是这样。
Farage won by a substantial margin. However, Binface (and McBinface) have secured the popular vote for a satellite clean-up mission. At least as far as readers are concerned.
我们征求了Binface伯爵对此次任务的看法，若有回应，我们将更新这篇报道。®
We asked Count Binface for thoughts on the mission, and will update this piece should a response be forthcoming. ®