Astronaut lets new moonship name slip, "Orion" (Jeff Williams in orbit on Int'l Space Station)

AP ^ | Tues. Aug. 22nd, 2006 | Mike Schneider

[ajolympian2004]

Another related story from today - Huntsville is Rocket City again

[Names Ash Housewares]

I wonder if the film 2001 may have had some influence on the naming?

[Mike Darancette]

"We've been calling it the crew exploration vehicle for several years, but today it has a name — Orion,"

I love that name.

[tet68]

Orion.....the hunter.

[CWW]

It's no secret. I heard the Orion name several weeks ago.

[So Cal Rocket]

[ajolympian2004]

Is that the official logo for the Orion CEV?

[LoneRangerMassachusetts]

Which end is the nose? It looks like it goes forward and backward.

[Arkinsaw]

Thats the logo. The booster name is Ares. This was not a secret, I saw these logos and the name weeks ago. The press is trying to blow this up to something its not.

[zarf]

Which end is the nose?

Ah Hah! Antisemitism!

[AFPhys]

Sounds OK to me.

[JennysCool]

Sam Clemens' brother's name, as all us FR Mark Twain nuts know.

[Brett66]

I like that name, I'm just wondering if Werner Vahn Braun's idea of Orion might be on their minds.

[GeronL]

Anybody remember the proposed The Orion Project??

[Spktyr]

Too bad it's not the *real* Orion.

A propulsion system where vehicle weight/mass, for all intents and purposes *does not matter*.

[Mike Darancette]

Ozark Mountain Daredevils (1973)- Spaceship Orion Song Lyrics
INTRO)
when the man comes to you
tells you what you always knew was comin'
you feel it came twice as fast
you always thought the world would last way past you
but now you find it's time
'cause there's nothin' left around you
spaceship orion's there waiting to part the air above you

waiting to take you
waiting to place you
in a world exactly different
from the one you leave behind
if you find it man you're lucky
but it still won't be the same
if can't be like home
it can't feel like home
to you there
it can't be like home
it can't feel like home
to you there
if can't be like home
it can't feel like home
to you there

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

For NASA being in a supposedly Christian country, why the continued use of pagans (Ares)? At least Orion seems to be something secular, or is it?

[annie laurie]

Ping

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

But Orion is also frequently used in a lot of space-related things.

[ajolympian2004]

Hopefully they are not doing this new expedition to the moon in a Hollywood film studio like the Apollo missions.

;)

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