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Re: Will 'SLS' ever be known by a different name?
« Reply #260 on: 01/27/2016 02:40 am »
Ah.... I propose, Foundation.

A problem with that is that Al Qaida also means Foundation. :-(

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2002/aug/24/alqaida.sciencefictionfantasyandhorror


But "Foundation" does not mean Al-Qaida.
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Re: Will 'SLS' ever be known by a different name?
« Reply #261 on: 01/27/2016 03:36 am »
Enhanced Volume Inline Launcher?  ;D

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Re: Will 'SLS' ever be known by a different name?
« Reply #262 on: 01/27/2016 04:05 am »
Enhanced Volume Inline Launcher?  ;D

C'mon man. Even if you believe SLS isn't the right path to follow there is no reason to call it "evil." The rocket never did anything to you.  ;)
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Re: Will 'SLS' ever be known by a different name?
« Reply #263 on: 01/27/2016 05:46 pm »
Enhanced Volume Inline Launcher?  ;D

C'mon man. Even if you believe SLS isn't the right path to follow there is no reason to call it "evil." The rocket never did anything to you.  ;)

It took some of his tax money. OTOH, it is not an inline launcher.

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Re: Will 'SLS' ever be known by a different name?
« Reply #264 on: 01/29/2017 01:32 pm »
I'd say Jupiter IV, or Saturn IV, 4 engines ya know,  or just Jupiter or Saturn

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Re: Will 'SLS' ever be known by a different name?
« Reply #265 on: 01/29/2017 02:12 pm »
I'd say Jupiter IV, or Saturn IV, 4 engines ya know,  or just Jupiter or Saturn

I'm a fan of Jupiter, even though that name has been used before.  No need for IV and should just start with I or nothing, after all, Saturn 1B did not have one engine on the first stage.

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Re: Will 'SLS' ever be known by a different name?
« Reply #266 on: 01/29/2017 02:28 pm »
The "wait for it" II

II stands for every other year
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Re: Will 'SLS' ever be known by a different name?
« Reply #267 on: 01/30/2017 06:27 pm »
 How 'bout calling it the "Big Johnson", in honor of LBJ ! ;D

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Re: Will 'SLS' ever be known by a different name?
« Reply #268 on: 01/30/2017 06:36 pm »
Well, its giant, phallic, associated with enormous amounts of money, and, of course, also mostly orange. Obviously, it has to be named, ... err, after the yuuugest of the planets, Jupiter. ;)
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Re: Will 'SLS' ever be known by a different name?
« Reply #269 on: 01/31/2017 06:04 am »
How 'bout calling it the "Big Johnson", in honor of LBJ ! ;D

 :) The kids will think that is named after Dwayne (The Rock) Johnson. ;D

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Re: Will 'SLS' ever be known by a different name?
« Reply #270 on: 01/31/2017 07:57 am »
Well, its giant, phallic, associated with enormous amounts of money, and, of course, also mostly orange. Obviously, it has to be named, ... err, after the yuuugest of the planets, Jupiter. ;)
Please no. You are likely to step on the toes of the maginificent DIRECT folks. Their shuttle-derived launcher was named Jupiter.

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Re: Will 'SLS' ever be known by a different name?
« Reply #271 on: 01/31/2017 08:12 pm »
How about Pluto.

Seeing as Pluto got reclassified as a dwarf planet and this will be reclassified as a dwarf launcher when BFR flies before it. ;)

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Re: Will 'SLS' ever be known by a different name?
« Reply #272 on: 02/01/2017 06:37 pm »
How about Pluto.

Seeing as Pluto got reclassified as a dwarf planet and this will be reclassified as a dwarf launcher when BFR flies before it. ;)

(And we see why nobody posts in the SLS threads anymore)

I'm pretty sure it'll at least fly before BFR.  More than, who knows.

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Re: Will 'SLS' ever be known by a different name?
« Reply #273 on: 02/01/2017 10:38 pm »
Well, its giant, phallic, associated with enormous amounts of money, and, of course, also mostly orange. Obviously, it has to be named, ... err, after the yuuugest of the planets, Jupiter. ;)
Please no. You are likely to step on the toes of the maginificent DIRECT folks. Their shuttle-derived launcher was named Jupiter.
SLS is almost identical to some variants of DIRECT's Jupiter.

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Re: Will 'SLS' ever be known by a different name?
« Reply #274 on: 02/01/2017 11:11 pm »
Astraeus, Nova, Neptune, Zeus...

...No; maybe not Astraeus - would take 5 minutes before some smartass would be calling it 'Ashtray'.
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Re: Will 'SLS' ever be known by a different name?
« Reply #275 on: 02/02/2017 01:33 am »
Yes, SLS is the realization of the DIRECT folks, it's basically the same as their Jupiter idea, hence the SLS name "Jupiter", saying yep, you guys got it right.

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Re: Will 'SLS' ever be known by a different name?
« Reply #276 on: 02/02/2017 02:15 am »
Jupiter would be ok, but the suggestions are starting to get repetitive now.  Earlier in this thread I suggested "Varda", after Tolkein's mythological queen of the stars.  I think it's time for a female heroine of some kind, unless the phallic connection is simply too strong.

But limiting everything to Greek and Roman mythology gets old after a while.  Literally.  There are plenty of other great mythologies with heroes and heroines to choose from.

And, as long as we're being repetitive, I'll renominate Wakinyan, the Lakota "Thunder spirit".
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Re: Will 'SLS' ever be known by a different name?
« Reply #277 on: 02/02/2017 04:33 am »

But limiting everything to Greek and Roman mythology gets old after a while.  Literally.  There are plenty of other great mythologies with heroes and heroines to choose from.


Then Shimshon it is !
He overcame a thausand greek soldiers by himself

Or maybe Bar Kohva (translates to Star owner) who rode on the lion which the Romans put to kill him,

Or Goliath ?

Nah
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Re: Will 'SLS' ever be known by a different name?
« Reply #278 on: 02/03/2017 11:09 am »
Hmmm. how about Patriot ?, could hear the PAO now "This is Orion/Patriot launch control, T minus 5 minutes and counting".....

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Re: Will 'SLS' ever be known by a different name?
« Reply #279 on: 02/08/2017 12:12 am »
Let us dial down the snark a bit, shall we? Some posts removed, some more could have been.
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