Comments on: Musk renames BFR https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/musk-renames-bfr/ Tue, 20 Nov 2018 23:34:38 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Andrew_W https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/musk-renames-bfr/#comment-1061579 Tue, 20 Nov 2018 23:34:38 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=54886#comment-1061579 I agree with wodun, lame and lacking originality. “Starship” sounds like the name on a cheap Chinese kids toy.

]]> By: Robert Zimmerman https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/musk-renames-bfr/#comment-1061577 Tue, 20 Nov 2018 23:16:21 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=54886#comment-1061577 In reply to wodun.

wodun: As I said in the post, these names refer to the class of vehicle only. I suspect strongly that Musk will give names to each vehicle itself that provide even more spark.

]]> By: wodun https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/musk-renames-bfr/#comment-1061575 Tue, 20 Nov 2018 23:10:55 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=54886#comment-1061575 Hopefully they rename them again cause the new names are lame and lack imagination and originality. A paradigm shattering launch vehicle should at least have its own name rather than appropriating a common term.

]]> By: Jay https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/musk-renames-bfr/#comment-1061568 Tue, 20 Nov 2018 20:28:55 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=54886#comment-1061568 With the capacity of the vessel, I am surprised he did not call it “Conestoga” after the wagons that were used to settle the West.

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