Re: Naming 'the stick'

On 2005-06-13, Phil Bagust <paisley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I vote we call it 'the Griffin', but somehow I don't expect that'll get
> up... :)

Hmm. Before, American manned spacecraft have launched on:

Redstone, Atlas, Titan, Saturn I, Saturn V, Shuttle.

So we need a name suitable for the seventh manned launch vehicle. It
needs to be taken from the past, from the common culture; it needs to
have a symbolic link to spaceflight; it needs to instill a feeling of
reliability, efficiency, and economy...

....but somehow, though, I don't think 'Semyorka' will go down well.

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-Andrew Gray
andrew.gray@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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