Quote from: alang on 10/06/2017 05:14 pmAnother one for Lar to delete is Kilroy Was Here. A fictional rocket ship that crashed on return to Earth.Fairly optimistic compared to some of his other names.Not deleting names in this thread, however silly. Did delete some namecalling just now, though. BETEO[1][2] please.I have to give a cheer or 3 (rah, Rah RAH!)[3] for the RAH[4][2] as the first ship to land on Luna and the RB[5][2] as the first on Mars1 - Be excellent to each other2 - INE[6], so I will make up acronyms and initialisms as much as I want... as an IBMer, it's my duty, in fact.3 - See what I did there?4 - Robert A. Heinlein5 - Ray Bradbury6 - I'm not Elon...
Another one for Lar to delete is Kilroy Was Here. A fictional rocket ship that crashed on return to Earth.Fairly optimistic compared to some of his other names.
Elon Musk email sent to all SpaceX employees in 2010:Subject: Acronyms seriously suck.There is a creeping tendency to use made up acronyms at SpaceX. Excessive use of made up acronyms is a significant impediment to communication and keeping communication good as we grow is incredibly important. Individually, a few acronyms here and there may not seem so bad, but if a thousand people are making these up, over time the result will be a huge glossary that we have to issue to new employees. No one can actually remember all these acronyms and people don’t want to seem dumb in a meeting, so they just sit there in ignorance. This is particularly tough on new employees.That needs to stop immediately or I will take drastic action—I have given enough warnings over the years. Unless an acronym is approved by me, it should not enter the SpaceX glossary. If there is an existing acronym that cannot reasonably be justified, it should be eliminated, as I have requested in the past.For example, there should be no “HTS” [horizontal test stand] or “VTS” [vertical test stand] designations for test stands. Those are particularly dumb, as they contain unnecessary words. A “stand” at our test site is obviously a *test* stand. VTS-3 is four syllables compared with “Tripod,” which is two, so the bloody acronym version actually takes longer to say than the name!The key test for an acronym is to ask whether it helps or hurts communication. An acronym that most engineers outside of SpaceX already know, such as GUI, is fine to use. It is also ok to make up a few acronyms/contractions every now and again, assuming I have approved them, e.g., MVac and M9 instead of Merlin 1C-Vacuum or Merlin 1C-Sea Level, but those need to be kept to a minimum.(https://mannerofspeaking.org/2015/12/17/acronyms-can-seriously-suck/)
Falcon 1Big Falcon Rocket Falcon 9Big Falcon Rocket Falcon 31Big Falcon Rocket
Falcon 1Big Falcon Rocket Falcon 9Big Falcon Rocket Original BFR of IAC 2016Big Falcon Rocket Falcon 31Big Falcon Rocket .... There will always be a bigger oneThe name of the BFS ship is a difficult one.Dragon 3 is not fitting
There's the Gigafactory and the Gigafund so.. other potential names could Gigabooster or Megafalconor akin to Falcon9R and Falcon-H, perhaps it could Falcon-M where 'M' can stand for Methane, Mars, Musk, Millennium, Mega, Maltese or whatever suits!
