re clementine mission name mark prado please go just one step further how has the word clementine been associated with mining old pioneer song from the s or so goes as follows in a cavern in a canyon excavating for a mine dwelt a miner forty niner and his daughter clementine chorus oh my darling oh my darling oh my darling clementine you are lost and gone forever oh my darling clementine i ve also had it explained but not confirmed from a reliable data source that clementine is an acronym something like combined lunar elemental mapper experiment on extended non terrestrial intercept near earth personally i think that acronym was made up to fit the name if it really is an acronym wales larrison space technology investor maximus wb
