To: ajolympian2004
I wonder if the film 2001 may have had some influence on the naming?
To: ajolympian2004
"We've been calling it the crew exploration vehicle for several years, but today it has a name — Orion," I love that name.
To: ajolympian2004
6 posted on
08/22/2006 8:27:02 PM PDT by
So Cal Rocket
(Proud Member: Internet Pajama Wearers for Truth)
To: ajolympian2004
Sam Clemens' brother's name, as all us FR Mark Twain nuts know.
12 posted on
08/22/2006 8:39:15 PM PDT by
JennysCool
(Roll out the Canarble Wagon!)
To: ajolympian2004
I like that name, I'm just wondering if Werner Vahn Braun's idea of Orion might be on their minds.
13 posted on
08/22/2006 8:40:27 PM PDT by
Brett66
(Where government advances – and it advances relentlessly – freedom is imperiled -Janice Rogers Brown)
To: ajolympian2004; SunkenCiv
Anybody remember the proposed The Orion Project??
14 posted on
08/22/2006 8:40:44 PM PDT by
GeronL
(flogerloon.blogspot.com -------------> Rise of the Hate Party)
To: ajolympian2004
Too bad it's not the *real* Orion.
A propulsion system where vehicle weight/mass, for all intents and purposes *does not matter*.
15 posted on
08/22/2006 8:41:29 PM PDT by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: ajolympian2004
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?
To: KevinDavis
18 posted on
08/22/2006 8:52:55 PM PDT by
annie laurie
(All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost)
To: ajolympian2004
Naw. He was just muttering about how he'd like to see O'Reilly sent to the moon and someone misheard him.
To: ajolympian2004
23 posted on
08/22/2006 9:02:16 PM PDT by
BenLurkin
("The entire remedy is with the people." - W. H. Harrison)
To: GeronL; Fred Nerks
I don't care what it's called, as long as "Mohammed Sucks!" is painted on the sides of it.
26 posted on
08/22/2006 9:59:50 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
(updated my FR profile on Thursday, August 10, 2006. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
To: ajolympian2004
"They're like animals. Vicious. Seductive. They say no human male can resist them."
To: ajolympian2004
"slip" or leak?
To: ajolympian2004
...Another related story from today - Huntsville is Rocket City again...Can't understand why NASA hasn't renamed Marshall to "Von Braun Space Center".
37 posted on
08/23/2006 3:53:53 AM PDT by
FReepaholic
(This tagline could indicate global warming.)
To: ajolympian2004
They named it after a mew. Cool :)
38 posted on
08/23/2006 4:00:50 AM PDT by
mewzilla
(Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
To: orionblamblam
Don't think it's going to be powered the same way, however....
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