Ship Names (It's not what you think)

[freyr's mother]

Well, now we know where TPTB are getting their ship names from.

http://www.space.com/news/060720_cev_orion.html

There is also a british space exploratory vehicle or something like that called Daedalus. And there was a proposal about a nuclear powered ion drive spacecraft that was supposed to venture to Jupiter called Prometheus.

[rarocks24]

Well, now we know where TPTB are getting their ship names from.

http://www.space.com/news/060720_cev_orion.html

There is also a british space exploratory vehicle or something like that called Daedalus. And there was a proposal about a nuclear powered ion drive spacecraft that was supposed to venture to Jupiter called Prometheus.

Cover story for Prometheus and Daedalus?

[cooky]

Prometheus was more than just a nuclear rocket program, it also incorporated nuclear power suplies for spacecraft. Unfortunatelly, the program has been cancelled by congress. Stupid politicians. Such advance propulsion is one of only two major technology hurdles preventing us from spreading human society thruought the solar system. The second being artificial gravity.

It is estimated that for NASA to return to the moon by 2025 would take roughte a billion dollars. A study last year predicted the private sector could do it in 10 years for around 10 million dollars. That's government red tape at its finest.

[Aroura-Gate]

Its a conspiracy man, FIGHT THE POWER!

[Chutzpah]

Why do they want to go back to the moon?

And on a side not, Lockheed Martin must be making a fortune with the war, and now this!

[Cameron Mitchel]

Why do they want to go back to the moon?

And on a side not, Lockheed Martin must be making a fortune with the war, and now this!

Cool. Next ship might be Apollo, or Artemis.

[Aroura-Gate]

as a jumping off point for mars it makes a lot of sence if you think about it if you lunch from the moon you save a lot of fuel by not going through the atmospher you can put a base on it to relay massages from earth to mars faster

[Splitsecond]

why not just launch from orbit, thats part of the reason for the international spacestation, as a construction site and jump point

[DaCk]

Prometheus was more than just a nuclear rocket program, it also incorporated nuclear power suplies for spacecraft. Unfortunatelly, the program has been cancelled by congress. Stupid politicians. Such advance propulsion is one of only two major technology hurdles preventing us from spreading human society thruought the solar system. The second being artificial gravity.

It is estimated that for NASA to return to the moon by 2025 would take roughte a billion dollars. A study last year predicted the private sector could do it in 10 years for around 10 million dollars. That's government red tape at its finest.

They canceled it because it was destroyed! Why put money into something you no longer have anymore

[muddyalcapones]

I'm pretty sure both parties are pulling from greek mythology and not each other

[2ndgenerationalteran]

i think the odysee has something to do with a sea lauch platform or something launched from it

[freyr's mother]

i think the odysee has something to do with a sea lauch platform or something launched from it

Where'd you get that from?

[freyr's mother]

Okay, well I found out what the Odyssey was:

Odyssey spacecraft

[SerpentGuard]

Names for ships, well i thought of heaps:

Avalon, Apollo, Achillies, Ambrosia, Atlantis, Bellerophon, Icarus, Freedom, Hermes, Aries ( he's also goauld ), Orion, Aurora, Pegasus, Endurance, Artemis, Phaeton, Aphrodite, Alpheus, Posiedon, Hades, Argo, Millenium, Arcturus, Andromeda, Acension, Challanger, Cheyenne ( as in Cheyenne mountain ), Columbia, Dauntless, Defiant, Destiny, Discovery, Endeavour, Enterprise ( so what if its from star trek ), Excalibur, Fearless, Galaxy, Horizon, Liberty, Nautilus, Nebula, Nova, Olympia/Olympic, Phoenix, Republic, Resolution, Revolution, Sentinel, Trojan/Troy, Ulysses, Voyager, Yamato, Zodiac......

I think we'll never have that many ships anyway..... I think they will stick to the ancient greek names---Prometheus, Daedalus, Odyssey---

[GreyFox]

Zues and

[.jolinar.]

Stargate named its ships after greek gods! not bliddy satalites! check these out

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prometheus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_%28mythology%29

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oddyssey