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NASA Names New Spaceship 'Orion'
An anonymous reader writes "NASA's new spaceship that will carry astronauts to the moon and later to Mars has been officially named Orion. NASA confirmed the name after it was accidentally leaked to the media. Previously called the Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV), Orion will be NASA's main human spaceflight vehicle after the space shuttle fleet is retired in 2010. Orion was named after one of the brightest constellations in the entire sky. Earlier this year, the rocket that will launch Orion was named Ares I, and the heavy-lift rocket was named Ares V. NASA hopes the new names will become as familiar as Apollo and Saturn V."
http://gateworld.net/omnipedia/ships/links/orion.
Oh look, some straws... I must clutch at them wildly.
She's built like a steak house, but she handles like a bistro....
Perhaps, but to date only Slim Pickens has actually ridden a nuclear bomb anywhere (and he rode his straight down...) so there's not likely to be the kind of cutthroat controversy usually reserved for the Astronomers -vs- Geologists.
This space intentionally left (almost) blank.
One of the best Metallica songs ever, track 7 on Pastor of Muppets.
Some correlation between Masters of Orion and the song Orion being on Master of Puppets?
So lets get this straight, we name the booster after the God of War, we name the crew vehicle after the Hunter, that also shared its name with a "OMG it's Nuclear(tm)" project, and NASA is going to convince all of the SUV driving Soccer Moms the the project's real purpose isn't to recon baby harp seals for slaughter from outer space; yeah right.
Apocalypse Cancelled, Sorry, No Ticket Refunds
....all of them buxom green women in bikinis.
Where were you when the voynix came?
Where were you when NASA named the space station "ISS", an acronym already used for "Internet Security Systems"?
"Didn't Apollo go from nothing to guy on the moon in about the same timeframe?"
Yeah, but the fact that it was even that long had to do with Sam Peckinpah and Stanley Kubrick fighting over script details and actors. It took them a while to secure Dykstra for the effects, too.
Where were you when the voynix came?
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SWEAT SWEAT SWEAT SWEAT SWEAT.
(Bursts through door)
"It's called Orion!"
"We Know."
"Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us." -Jesus Christ The Lord's Prayer
you not-quite-kids these days :-)
Besides a constellation, and a well known space project from the 70s, Orion is also where those babe-a-licious green slave girls come from.
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