Orion it shall be named

[baktothemoon]

It's now official, NASA released today that the CEV will be called Orion. No, it's not a nuke ship and we can't break a bottle of champagne on the hull...yet. But now we can stop saying CEV at least.

 

[yevaud]

Son of a...<br /><br />I just read that story, and was thinking of posting it here! <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em>Differential Diagnosis:  </em>"<strong><em>I am both amused and annoyed that you think I should be less stubborn than you are</em></strong>."<br /> </p> </div>

 

[baktothemoon]

(whip-snapping sound) sorry.

 

[lampblack]

Looks like the news was sort of accidentally let slip. NASA broadcast a recorded message from ISS that they were going to use Aug. 31 during the formal announcement.<br /><br />http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060822/ap_on_sc/nasa_spacecraft <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font color="#0000ff"><strong>Just tell the truth and let the chips fall...</strong></font> </div>

 

[holmec]

I thought this was old news. Or maybe it wasn't official at the time, but I heard this two weeks ago. <br /><br />I remember reading it when they said Orion was the name of the project. They also said it would be the name of the vehicle as well.<br /><br />Oh here it is:<br />http://www.space.com/news/060720_cev_orion.html<br /><br />"NASA intends to use the moniker Orion as both the title for its next generation manned craft, the Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV), and as the project’s name."<br /><br />I heard it in July. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><font color="#0000ff"><em>"SCE to AUX" - John Aaron, curiosity pays off</em></font></p> </div>

 

[spacefire]

to me Orion will always be the name of a nuke starship.<br />I think NASA is a little biatch for ripping that name off for their crappy vintage capsule. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>http://asteroid-invasion.blogspot.com</p><p>http://www.solvengineer.com/asteroid-invasion.html </p><p> </p> </div>

 

[baktothemoon]

Maybe, but very few people are aware of what the original project Orion was.

 

[georgeniebling]

I've been wondering why that name was selected considering the number of conspiracy buffs that might see the name and run with it ....<br /><br />there isn't anything wrong with using "vintage" but proven technology ... BDB all the way ...

 

[gawin]

This is just crazy... with all the people who work for NASA all they could do was recycle an old name that has been used by NASA at least twice already. From the nuke rocket to Orion sounding rockets. Seems a continuing theem with NASA as of late. Recycle capsules, Recycle shuttle parts now Recycled names.<br /><br />Dont get me wrong im infavor of the capsule for lunar missions, as with the speed of return thier realy isnt a better way to get home. It just seems NASA should put a little more effort into this naming deal. *shrugs*

 

[barrykirk]

Well, they can re-use names.<br /><br />Look at how many ships were called Enterprise....<br /><br />Both fictional and real ships.

 

[PistolPete]

Off topic, but: Rumor has it that the carrier that will take the place of the Enterprise will also be named Enterprise. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><em>So, again we are defeated. This victory belongs to the farmers, not us.</em></p><p><strong>-Kambei Shimada from the movie Seven Samurai</strong></p> </div>

 

[yevaud]

Good.<br /><br />Tradition and all that. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em>Differential Diagnosis:  </em>"<strong><em>I am both amused and annoyed that you think I should be less stubborn than you are</em></strong>."<br /> </p> </div>

 

[PistolPete]

Yeah, the name Enterprise built a reputation all on it's own, even without the help of Star Trek. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><em>So, again we are defeated. This victory belongs to the farmers, not us.</em></p><p><strong>-Kambei Shimada from the movie Seven Samurai</strong></p> </div>

 

[yevaud]

You know what the Japanese called it during WWII? "That <i>**expletive deleted**</i> ship."<br /><br />True story. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em>Differential Diagnosis:  </em>"<strong><em>I am both amused and annoyed that you think I should be less stubborn than you are</em></strong>."<br /> </p> </div>

 

[PistolPete]

Ha Ha. ROTFLMAO That rocks! <img src="/images/icons/cool.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><em>So, again we are defeated. This victory belongs to the farmers, not us.</em></p><p><strong>-Kambei Shimada from the movie Seven Samurai</strong></p> </div>

 

[yevaud]

They kept trying to sink it, much to their regret. They never did.<br /><br />The Fracking Moggies! <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em>Differential Diagnosis:  </em>"<strong><em>I am both amused and annoyed that you think I should be less stubborn than you are</em></strong>."<br /> </p> </div>

 

[skyone]

SeaWorld does the same with Shamu. Just don't tell your kids that.

 

[PistolPete]

What! <img src="/images/icons/shocked.gif" /> Not the real Shamu! <img src="/images/icons/shocked.gif" /> WhyIotta!!!! <img src="/images/icons/mad.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><em>So, again we are defeated. This victory belongs to the farmers, not us.</em></p><p><strong>-Kambei Shimada from the movie Seven Samurai</strong></p> </div>

 

[barrykirk]

I went to seaworld last month and my wife and I had<br />the same conversation about Shamu.<br /><br />Sorry this is off topic.<br /><br />Orion is a grand respectable name.<br /><br />I'm sure that some day in the distant future another spaceship will have the name Apollo

 

[alokmohan]

What is projegt orion?Sorry I dont know.

 

[space_dreamer]

hahahahaha Dude! Where have you been?

 

[JonClarke]

"Orion" is the name given to the CEV, just as the CLV became "Ares 1" and the CaLV became "Ares V".<br /><br />Jon <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em>Whether we become a multi-planet species with unlimited horizons, or are forever confined to Earth will be decided in the twenty-first century amid the vast plains, rugged canyons and lofty mountains of Mars</em>  Arthur Clarke</p> </div>

 

[PistolPete]

If you're talking about the other project orion, it was an idea in the early '60s that used the force from multiple nulcear blasts in succession to propell an interplanitary spaceship. It went as far as a sub-scale flight using conventional explosives. While proven technically feasable, it was in practicallity, illogical. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><em>So, again we are defeated. This victory belongs to the farmers, not us.</em></p><p><strong>-Kambei Shimada from the movie Seven Samurai</strong></p> </div>

 

[codominium]

I remember there used to be a guy at the forums who called himself Project Orion. Very informed but short tempered. I think he left in a huff after nobody took the idea very seriously. A pity. I found it fascinating. I'm a Jerry Pournelle fan as you might have guessed and Orion featured in one of his novels. An Alien invasion story. I forget the name of it. The invaders looked like baby elephants with two trunks.

 

[alokmohan]

Thnks Jon.