Comments on: What’s in a name? http://www.spacepolitics.com/2008/07/19/whats-in-a-name-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=whats-in-a-name-2 Because sometimes the most important orbit is the Beltway... Wed, 17 Sep 2014 13:35:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 By: 13587 http://www.spacepolitics.com/2008/07/19/whats-in-a-name-2/#comment-178883 Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:06:50 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=1678#comment-178883 I like this site :-)

]]> By: post http://www.spacepolitics.com/2008/07/19/whats-in-a-name-2/#comment-61930 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:30:38 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=1678#comment-61930 the TRUE story of “Direct” on this Google.Groups.Space thread:

http://groups.google.com/group/sci.space.policy/browse_thread/thread/256e299d48c799ec#

]]> By: Habitat Hermit http://www.spacepolitics.com/2008/07/19/whats-in-a-name-2/#comment-61471 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:48:11 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=1678#comment-61471 NASA is nowhere close to implementing what the vision called for so who cares what they call whatever it is they think they’re doing?

]]> By: The Daily Links - July 21st « The Four Part Land http://www.spacepolitics.com/2008/07/19/whats-in-a-name-2/#comment-61424 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:01:37 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=1678#comment-61424 […] Space Politics » What’s in a name? […]

]]> By: Me http://www.spacepolitics.com/2008/07/19/whats-in-a-name-2/#comment-61100 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:35:06 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=1678#comment-61100 “Don’t we all remember how the ISS got it’s name? Many people don’t know that it’s (official??) name is Alpha, ”

It never was officially recognized by the partners. It still is the ISS and not Alpha

]]> By: JW http://www.spacepolitics.com/2008/07/19/whats-in-a-name-2/#comment-60684 Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:30:41 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=1678#comment-60684 Reference is made to “What’s In a Name?” What “it’s” name is is really not so important as just what is to be accomplished and will we know when “it” has been accomplished. Does “it” mean:
a. humans are returning to orbital space?
b. humans are returning to space beyond earth orbit?
c. humans are being sent to wherever it is commercially viable to go?
d. earth- and space-based science research about the universe (and beyond?) is being carried out?
e. which people are going into space: NASA astronauts, U.S. and “foreign” citizens, members of the military, students/teachers, entrepreneurs, construction workers, etc., and why are they going?
f. a sustainable set of steps or occurrences that evolve as economics, political will, discoveries, technologies, and other factors and circumstances allow or dictate?
Many more characteristics of “it” can be identified. However, if what we call “it” is deemed most important for any future in space, I fear we may never get off the ground or be significantly hobbled by good intentions!

]]> By: wor g0d http://www.spacepolitics.com/2008/07/19/whats-in-a-name-2/#comment-60649 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:07:42 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=1678#comment-60649 It already has a good name, Ares, God of War.

Apparently some evangelical creationist bush administration political appointee must have thought it would be a ‘cute’ NAM, since clearly Americans love g0d and wor, and g0d loves wor as well, apparently.

]]> By: Charles In Houston http://www.spacepolitics.com/2008/07/19/whats-in-a-name-2/#comment-60609 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:35:35 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=1678#comment-60609 Enough With The Names!!

Don’t we all remember how the ISS got it’s name? Many people don’t know that it’s (official??) name is Alpha, there was a long dispute about what to call it and finally I think it was Bill Shepherd who said Space Station Alpha when he got up there, and no one corrected him.

We are probably going to see many names attached to the program – it is going to evolve a LOT and the most important question is: will it be funded enough to continue?

Maybe we should just call it Bravo?

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