What do you name your crafts?

[anon_omis]

This is just out of my own Curiosity (see what I did there?) as to what you guys name your crafts.

Currently I have two rocket 'lines' that are actually working:

The Finch rocket: Finch III got my first satilite into orbit

The Buzzard rocket: Buzzard I got me close to the Mun but was not able to land. Instead decided to just go back to Kerbal and landed safely.

[spiderfran286]

I name programs after silly things

Like my Kethane probes are all named after the Simpsons Family. Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, Maggie

My Kerbin space station is named after Gary Neville (im not even a Man Utd fan) 'Neville 1 Space Station' and the rockets that service it are named after Gary Lineker (Lineker 1, Lineker 2 etc...)

My Refueling platforms are named after Star Wars Characters, In service I currently have the Han Solo Platform and The Skywalker Platform

My first series of rovers i named after my friend Todd, because he was sat watching me play at the time of designing them. 'T.O.D.D' I haven't decided what it stands for yet, but if anyone can think up something funny, id go with that.... haha

[El Rushbo]

Two of my satellites are named Kerbin 1 and 2 respectively. With a third called Mun Sat orbiting the Mun. I called my single person spacecraft Sierra. Each generation had minor improvements, being able to get into orbit being the first one.

My multiperson craft were called Allegro. After the third launch attempt I had my kerbals plant a flag next to the launch pad commemorating their miraculous survival over this total disaster.

Eventually I worked the bugs out of that project and now I'm on the Lazarus project with the goal of reaching the Mun. Lazarus 1 was just a sierra capsule sent to orbit the Mun and come back. Lazarus 2 and 3 were my attempts at docking. Further missions are pending on that one...

Nothing special on why I chose each name, just what was in my head at the time.

[koimeiji]

I sit there for thirty minutes after completing the ship, and try to think of a name based on a celestial object already named, which I have very little knowledge of.

Make that ~1 hour.

[Blondai]

My first interplanetary mission to Duna was cringingly unproffesional, I launched out of the correct window, but I managed to land on Duna, Ike and splashdown safely in Kerbins ocean. The ship was called the Garfunkel, thus the plains of Duna were christened Garfunkelia

[El Rushbo]

I have a satellite orbiting the Sun called "Skysight 1" Given that the spent engine is called 'Minmus Sat Debris" Take a guess at what my original goal was.