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spacecraft name satellife Thu May 12 01:06:14 2011 No.3042669 [Reply] [Original]

I need your creativity, /sci/.

A friend of mine is writing a short story with roots in science fiction, but she wants to make it as scientifically plausible as possible.

She asked me to come up with a ship that could travel from earth to Proxima Centauri, and I have attempted to do that, but that's NOT what I'm here for.

Despite working to make the ship, well, "work," I can't think of a name for the thing.

Anyway, ITT: Names for an Interstellar Spacecraft.

Specifically, Names for the FIRST Interstellar Spacecraft.

>>	satellife Thu May 12 01:08:14 2011 No.3042680 File: 60 KB, 626x421, 1304099551127.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] In return, I'll dump some space pics..

>>	satellife Thu May 12 01:09:14 2011 No.3042683 File: 554 KB, 1122x768, 1304099454361.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Fr 87 Thu May 12 01:09:14 2011 No.3042684 The Sagan -- I like this one the most. The Armstrong The Gagarin This isn't science however.

>>	satellife Thu May 12 01:10:14 2011 No.3042687 File: 282 KB, 1000x623, 1304099159538.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	satellife Thu May 12 01:12:14 2011 No.3042697 File: 145 KB, 750x884, 1304105364595.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3042684 Well, religious debate/troll threads aren't science either. Just thought /sci/ might be interested, since interstellar flight seems to be a hot topic here.

>>	satellife Thu May 12 01:14:14 2011 No.3042703 File: 536 KB, 2500x1351, ISV-Venture-Star-avatar-10474082-2500-1351.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Thu May 12 01:14:14 2011 No.3042704 Euclid Perelman GLaDOS

>>	Anonymous Thu May 12 01:17:14 2011 No.3042715 Aristar? If american, then: Spirit of Unity Guidance GodBlessGeorgeWashington

>>	Anonymous Thu May 12 01:17:14 2011 No.3042719 tesla

>>	Anonymous Thu May 12 01:18:14 2011 No.3042720 The ISS Carl Sagan Do it faggot.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 12 01:18:14 2011 No.3042721 Enterprise, yo. We will be naming shit the Enterprise forever.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 12 01:21:14 2011 No.3042730 >>3042720 ISV Carl Sagan it is, then.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 12 01:23:14 2011 No.3042744 Santa Maria. The ship Christopher Columbus found America with. or Nao Victoria The ship Magellan used to successfully circumnavigate the world. I think these would be appropriate for space..

>>	Anonymous Thu May 12 01:26:14 2011 No.3042758 >>3042744 If in your friend's story humans turn out to be the invading aliens and shit, definitely choose the nina the pinta or the santa maria. Foreshadowing, dog.

>>	The Doctor Thu May 12 01:29:14 2011 No.3042775 File: 112 KB, 750x600, 516.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Thu May 12 01:31:14 2011 No.3042792 probeuranus

>>	Anonymous Thu May 12 01:38:14 2011 No.3042813 >>3042669 ISS (Interstellar Space Ship) Prometheus He represented the bringer of light and knowledge to mankind in Greek mythology.

>>	The Doctor Thu May 12 01:39:14 2011 No.3042824 Per aspira ad astra. I propose we name the ship "Perspiration".

Anonymous Thu May 12 01:49:14 2011 No.3042857

>>3042669
Depending on the ship's mission and what Earth is like when we send it, any of these names could work.
Yamato
Mushai
Imperious
Invincible
Ajax
Achilles
Alexander
Agamemnon
Kepler
Galileo
Drake
Admiral Peary (polar explorer)
Commodore Perry (shelled tokyo before it was cool)
Leviathan
Friedrich the Great
Tamerlane (built pyramids out of his enemies' skulls)
Sargon of Akkad
Saladin
Nimitz
Halsey
Gherman Titov
Von Braun
Korolev
Cortez
DeSoto
Columbus
Prometheus (I like that one)
Icarus (also good)
Atlas
Independence
Constitution
Constellation

>>	Anonymous Thu May 12 01:56:14 2011 No.3042870 >>3042857 Icarus and Atlas are relevant.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 12 01:58:14 2011 No.3042874 >>3042870 If the mission is one of conquest or exploitation, why not name it after a conqueror or military figure? Granted, yeah, the FIRST interstellar ship should have a pretty neutral name attached.

>>	The Doctor Thu May 12 02:08:14 2011 No.3042903 >>3042874 So Troy?

>>	Anonymous Thu May 12 02:09:14 2011 No.3042910 I agree with these: >>3042730 >>3042720 >>3042684

>>	Anonymous Thu May 12 02:11:14 2011 No.3042922 File: 39 KB, 330x281, yamato_wave_motion_gun.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3042857 >Yamato

>>	Anonymous Thu May 12 02:21:14 2011 No.3042952 >>3042870 >Icarus Trying to take off but fails and falls back to Earth...? Yeah, I have a feeling that name won't be popular.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 12 02:44:14 2011 No.3043047 >>3042952 Daedalus

>>	Anonymous !wM5G0xiB/Q Thu May 12 02:55:14 2011 No.3043093 >>3042669 FTL or not FTL?

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