| Created at | February 28, 2008 |
| Created by | Timo Vuorensola |
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NASA Moon Mission 2018
DescriptionIn Iron Sky, one element of the film is the long-awaited USA return to the Moon in 2018. Let’s start working on the spaceship that’s about to send the Moon Lander once orbiting the Moon. First, we’re gonna need a name. I’ve personally always approached this from the U.S.S. Nostromo point of view – a big, ugly, clunky, dark and pretty believeable spaceship. Later on, we’re going to go forward and start designing the ship, but hold your horses until then, as a warmup, let’s come up with a believeable name.
ShotsUSS RevenantHere is the dictionary.com definition of the word revenant
1. One that returns after a lengthy absence.
It would work on two levels. Firstly as a good name for the returning ship and secondly as a hint on the main storyline i.e. the Nazis are back!
May 09, 2008 23:15
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Glynn LunneyEveryone likes anniversaries and statistical coincidence.
June 01, 2008 17:08
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UEF ColonizationWell, think of it today, more and more the discussion about "too many people on earth" is going around in press. In 2018 China maybe has 2 billion inhabitans, crisis on earth just because of to many people.
Wars on earth are nearly forgotten, terrorists has been captured till 2012 and USA (till then NAU (North-American-Union) has become more peaceful. So on Earth there was an agreement to do science all together (except China). So they founded the UEF (United Earth Force). Off-Topic: I thought about the story: How about the thing, that the Nazi land in France and take it over, the US try the Normandy (like in the Second World War, but the USA fails and getting also their ass kicked. Then its China's turn, it seems like they can handle it they als make it, to get the USA back (that was taken over by the Nazis) but than the REAL Nazi-Forces arrive and all seems lost. But than the Jews (knowing that the Nazi's were on the moon) prepared for their incoming and they defeat them, because the jews build underground bases all over the world and in the end. the people on earth win. they launch some atomic bombs to the moon, to destroy it. but after the moon was destroyed men on earth must take the responsability for this and the climate gets really out of order and in the end humanity must flee to mars, and when their first ship arrived, the communists are already there since 1990 xD Well, have fun :) PS:
New Artemis patchesAs per request of Juho Savela and Robert Seppälä, here are two new artemis patches, one with the bow only and one with the bow and the names of the crew and a little different shades of colors..
Artemis ISince its fundation, NASA give to many of its main rockets and spacecraft the names of Greeks goods (such as Apollo and Jupiter), so why changing this tradition if you want some kind of ostentation? :) So I've selected the name Artemis for this and other reasons: Artemis was the Hellenic goddess of forests and hills, and was often depicted carrying a bow and arrows. The deer and the cypress were sacred to her.
I've also designed a couple fo moon mission patch (see the pictures) with an eye to the NASA patches and the other to the Nostromo patches.
June 03, 2008 22:55
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OdysseyNASA has given following names to manned spacecrafts. Mercury program:
Gemini program:
Apollo program: (CSM / LM)
Space Shuttles:
Most of the names comes from naval ships, popular culture, have some patriotic meaning. Only small number have Greek background. As it's previously said NASA has history to reuse names to new spacecrafts. Spacecraft launched by NASA could very well have one of those names mentioned above. This would also give some credibility to new spacecraft. Challenger and probably Columbia too might be out of question for obvious reasons. Some might be a little bit corny. As I said in one comment, my personal favourite is Odyssey. It has some dark history behind it without being catastrophical accident. Many knows Apollo 13 name but not so many knows it's Command Module's name. So it could be considered nice joke for space history buffs. btw USS prefix is used by USN so I can't see why would NASA use it. No other American agency than NASA (if even NASA) has enough resources and knowledge (even in 2018) to launch manned mission to moon. Edit: Removed Enterprise from the shuttle list. VigilantThe idea of having the title "USS" implies too much restriction on the United States as being the sole force behind the expedition. It's logical to assume that that's why none of the Space Shuttles have/had that prefix. NASA works with many people from many nations, and in 2018 it'll more than likely be a conglomerate of nations taking the trip to the moon, rather than just the U.S. Now, to the name; Vigilant is defined as "keenly watchful to detect danger," which would add an element of irony to the idea of a world that had forgotten about the Nazis, who had been on the moon all along. U.S.S. SchwulerUSA and german have a society of queer people,and they have own spaceship and spacestation.
There is already a NASA Program Name for the Mission...There is already a NASA program name for the spacecraft that will return to the moon - Orion/Altair. (See http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/exploration/mmb/orion_announcement.html, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_%28spacecraft%29, and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altair_%28spacecraft%29for more info.) There are plenty of mockups and graphics representing the vehicles. I'm betting that the first mission to the moon will be named either Eagle (first lunar lander - note that Altair is the brightest star in the constellation Aquila The Eagle), Challenger or Columbia (tribute to the lost missions). A potential variation might be to have the return landing conducted by a private company (like Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic). Or maybe a race between public (Virgin Galactic) and government (NASA). One arrives within minutes of the other - both are taken captive by the Nazis.
May 19, 2008 12:01
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Name of the ShipWe all know that humans are sentimental. If this is supposed to be the first return to the moon for America since the original moon landing, the ship would probably be named something sentimental. It was Apollo 11 that landed on the moon, but you probably don't want to take the name right out of NASA's hands.. So, maybe name it Apolla 11 or something, toss something in about it being the sister program/ship to the successful moon landing. |
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