Quote from: su27k on 10/06/2017 02:53 amQuote from: the_other_Doug on 10/06/2017 01:58 amWhatever happened to Musk's statement that the first ITS ship would be named the Heart of Gold?That's when ITS is so big there's no realistic way SpaceX can do it alone, so they sort of need a miracle, thus the name.Nah -- the Heart of Gold is a reference to a spaceship in Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy! The one that Zaphod Beeblebrox steals at its christening ceremony. The one with the infinite improbability drive.
Quote from: the_other_Doug on 10/06/2017 01:58 amWhatever happened to Musk's statement that the first ITS ship would be named the Heart of Gold?That's when ITS is so big there's no realistic way SpaceX can do it alone, so they sort of need a miracle, thus the name.
Whatever happened to Musk's statement that the first ITS ship would be named the Heart of Gold?
I'm not fond of the various classical names suggested, Phoenix, Mars, Colombia etc. Or rather, not for BFR. They're fine names, and fitting for a rocket, but they're NASA/old space names. I think SpaceX should go for something bolder and riskier - just like the BFR itself. Part of me hope it'll just be called BFR, with the ships and boosters being named individually. I really like the Culture ship names, and science fiction writers is also a good idea that hasn't been used so far (to my knowledge).
Phoenix and Ares are my favorites. Also Selene. Lunar BFR: Selene Mars BFR: Ares
I don't quite know what was wrong with ITS as a name for the whole system and see no reason not to use BFR for the booster and BFS for the ship.
(or why not "Taurus".. or "Fairmont" )
Phil Bono need a nod at some point.
"Now, class, who can tell me what BFR stands for?"😂
Quote from: the_other_Doug on 10/06/2017 03:12 amQuote from: su27k on 10/06/2017 02:53 amQuote from: the_other_Doug on 10/06/2017 01:58 amWhatever happened to Musk's statement that the first ITS ship would be named the Heart of Gold?That's when ITS is so big there's no realistic way SpaceX can do it alone, so they sort of need a miracle, thus the name.Nah -- the Heart of Gold is a reference to a spaceship in Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy! The one that Zaphod Beeblebrox steals at its christening ceremony. The one with the infinite improbability drive.Yes, I understand where it comes from, but don't you see it as Elon's way of implying the probability of ITS happening is low, i.e. improbable?
Three to one… two… one. Probability factor of one to one. We have normality. I repeat: we have normality. Anything you still can’t cope with is therefore your own problem.