So, ARES it will be named?

[inventorwannabe]

Why not Geronimo or Sitting Bull? It would have been much more appropriate to where the launch is taking place! I don't believe it will take place in Grece, or what do You believe? Nooo, creep to the cross and give credit to the ones that created this country! The other option is to join the EU!<br />;-)<br /><br /><br />Brgds / InventorWannabe<br />

 

[inventorwannabe]

SoYou are in even worse mental condition that I even could have dreamt of in my worst nightmares... You are in control of god knows of how many warheads...<br />BTW; Why are they comical? They died for what they believed in. <br /><br />Brgds and God bless usall / InventorWannabe

 

[elguapoguano]

<font color="yellow">Why not Geronimo or Sitting Bull? It would have been much more appropriate to where the launch is taking place! </font><br /><br />Geronimo is what you say if you're jumping off a cliff, or jumping out of a plane. I think it was Hot Shots part Deux that actually had a character supposed to be Geronimo jump out a plane, he yelled "Me!!!!!!!!" Sitting Bull just sounds funny... And Sitting Bull clears the tower!!!! Besides, those historical figures didn't live in the area where ARES is launching from.<br /><br /><font color="yellow">I don't believe it will take place in Grece, or what do You believe? </font><br /><br />Nope, ARES I and ARES V will launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA. Launch pad 39a I believe.<br /><br />If you want to get historical about the actual area with the name, you could go with Ais or Timucuan. But neither are easy to pronounce. <font color="blue">It is generally believed that two main groups of Native Americans populated the Cape Canaveral area leading up to colonial times. These are the Ais and Timucuans, both of whom frequented the Cape Canaveral area due its local abundance of seafood and edible vegetation.<br /><br />The Ais are believed to have populated the coastal area along the Indian River, originally called "Rio de Ais" (River of the Ais) from the Cape Canaveral area south to the St. Lucie River and extending perhaps as many as 30 miles inland. The Timucuans are believed to have populated a large area extending from Cape Canaveral north to Georgia. </font>http://www.spaceline.org/capehistory/1a.html<br /><br /><br />I think ARES is an appropriate name. If you look at the background of the name. This system has a goal in mind of ultimately landing men on the Planet Mars. <br /><font color="red"> In Greek mythology, Ares is the Olympian god of war and son of Zeus. The Romans identified Mars, the god of war, with Hellenic</font> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font color="#ff0000"><u><em>Don't let your sig line incite a gay thread ;>)</em></u></font> </div>

 

[j05h]

The problem with Ares as a spacecraft name is that the god was a vicious, stupid brute. He represents the cruel, debasing aspect of conflict. Athena (another war-god) made fun of him all the time, both off and on the battlefield. <br /><br />Josh <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <div align="center"><em>We need a first generation of pioneers.</em><br /></div> </div>

 

[scottb50]

We could call it Bush, but that's the same thing, sorry. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[arkady]

A real "Ares" should carry 100 colonists imo <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> "<font color="#0000ff"><em>The choice is the Universe, or nothing</em> ... </font>" - H.G Wells </div>

 

[publiusr]

I might call it Delta V just to kep Boeing happy--even with a LM tank.<br /><br />ULA's first vehicle.