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Will 'SLS' ever be known by a different name?
Orbiter:
Will SLS ever be known by a name other than 'SLS'?
Ben the Space Brit:
Possibly, although not 'officially'. IIRC, the Space Shuttle was always officially the STS - Space Transport System. Everyone (and I mean everyone) called it 'The Shuttle' anyway.
I imagine that space amazing peoples and girls will find an alternate name for SLS, which will be commonly used enough to be considered the name of the vehicle to most people including just about the entire media corps. However, that won't change the official NASA designation of the type.
Jim:
--- Quote from: Orbiter on 09/30/2012 05:53 pm ---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,
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Yes, it was. It was called the National Space Transportation System.
Orbiter:
--- Quote from: Jim on 09/30/2012 06:02 pm ---
--- Quote from: Orbiter on 09/30/2012 05:53 pm ---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,
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Yes, it was. It was called the National Space Transportation System.
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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.
Jim:
--- Quote from: Orbiter on 09/30/2012 06:07 pm ---
--- Quote from: Jim on 09/30/2012 06:02 pm ---
--- Quote from: Orbiter on 09/30/2012 05:53 pm ---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,
--- End quote ---
Yes, it was. It was called the National Space Transportation System.
--- End quote ---
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.
--- End quote ---
No, it also was officially the Space Shuttle and Space Shuttle Program
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