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Tuesday, 20 November 2018

BFR has been given a new name and it's stupid

That's a terrible name. You can't call a spaceship that isn't a starship, "Starship", because that's mad. Might as well name your cat "dog" or your rabbit "hare" or your Eurasian wolf "North America Timber Wolf".

Sheesh. Just call it Spacey McSpaceface like everyone else...

https://www.geekwire.com/2018/goodbye-bfr-hello-starship-elon-musk-gives-classic-name-mars-spaceship/
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10 comments:

  1. Alan Peery20 November 2018 at 14:05

    BFR was an awesome name, no need to change.

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  2. Brian Fitzgerald20 November 2018 at 14:29

    Shiva lingam or Axis mundi

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  3. Tim Stoev20 November 2018 at 15:20

    nothing wrong with it..KISS

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  4. Nelson Brown20 November 2018 at 19:47

    This "Starship" will get you 0.0001% closer to the nearest non-Sun star.

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  5. Edward Morbius20 November 2018 at 20:14

    Nelson Brown Humans, or even their robots, have not gone to the stars. The moons, low Earth orbit, a few planets, asteroids, and comets.

    One star, though it's the near one. No others.

    (That is: I agree. It's just a bit of hubris I've become attuned to recently.)

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  6. Greg Roelofs21 November 2018 at 03:03

    What, you mean a rabbit isn't a hare?

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  7. Silaz Carbryck (Si)21 November 2018 at 17:06

    Rocket McRocketFace - gets my vote

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  8. Edward Morbius21 November 2018 at 18:32

    Silaz Carbryck Heathen! It's Rockety McRocketFace!

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  9. John Poteet22 November 2018 at 11:15

    It reminds me of 1950's-70's american bicycle with names like Phantom, Meteor, & Streamliner, or Spacelander. Nobody called them what they should have been named: Plodder, Patience, Grinder, or Weightlifter.

    The BFR, like it or not, serves as a truck. It's not racing anywhere.

    pictured: http://www.nostalgic.net/1960-bowden-spacelander-in-blue


    nostalgic.net

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  10. Alan Peery22 November 2018 at 17:48

    John Poteet Gorgeous bike...

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