As the title states, I'm wondering if SLS will ever be known by another name or given a more 'patriotic' name. True though STS program was never named,
Quote from: Orbiter on 09/30/2012 05:53 pmAs the title states, I'm wondering if SLS will ever be known by another name or given a more 'patriotic' name. True though STS program was never named, Yes, it was. It was called the National Space Transportation System.
Quote from: Jim on 09/30/2012 06:02 pmQuote from: Orbiter on 09/30/2012 05:53 pmAs the title states, I'm wondering if SLS will ever be known by another name or given a more 'patriotic' name. True though STS program was never named, Yes, it was. It was called the National Space Transportation System.You're right, let me rephrase it this way.It was never named 'officially' named anything else beyond the National Space Transportation System, or STS, though it was always called the Space Shuttle, a term that every single person used.
It was never named 'officially' named anything else beyond the National Space Transportation System, or STS, though it was always called the Space Shuttle, a term that every single person used.
Quote from: Orbiter on 09/30/2012 06:07 pmIt was never named 'officially' named anything else beyond the National Space Transportation System, or STS, though it was always called the Space Shuttle, a term that every single person used.Indeed -- and many married ones as well ... As to an alternate name for SLS, how about "Ralph"?
There already was a long thread on this subject with 487 posts to date:http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=25573.0My choice: Phoenix, as it will rise from the ashes of Saturn, STS, and Ares all. The only other rocket with this name is a retired air launched missile. I think it best to wait until the thing is ready to fly before giving it that name, however, because if it were named then cancelled it would be ridiculed for having not lived up to its name, having not risen from the ashes of the other vehicles.
Well, von Braun's Jupiter-C led to the Saturn V, so obviously Uranus is next. There is no possible downside to this name
'Pancetta', 'Collops', 'Trotter', 'Gammon'.. so many great names to choose from.