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  • NASA CEV names?

    Rumor mills say;

    CEV (crew): Altair - Arabic for "flying one" or "the flyer"; 11th brightest star in the sky. A delta-Scuti variable star in the constellation Aquila. CEV has a variable crew complement of 4 - 6 .

    LSAM (lander): Artemis - virgin goddess of the hunt & the moon and twin sister of Apollo. Also; 'Artemis II' was the lunar lander that was attacked by General Zod & co. in Superman II.

    CLV (crew launcher): Ares I - Greek god of war & son of Zeus and Hera. Ares is also identified with Mars in Roman mythology. 'I' because of its single SRB booster.

    CaLV (cargo launcher): Ares V - because of its five Space Shuttle Main Engines. Also a result of wanting to identify with the Saturn V.

    Dr. Mordrid
    Last edited by Dr Mordrid; 24 June 2006, 19:22.
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