Help me name a Starfleet science vessel
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My nomination would be "USS Smolin" (no Google hits), named for a physicist. Other possibilities are USS Rovelli or USS Ashtekar.
Why, yes, I have been following loop quantum gravity (from a layman's perspective) for a few years, and I was amused by the The Big Bang Theory bit on it.
Why, yes, I have been following loop quantum gravity (from a layman's perspective) for a few years, and I was amused by the The Big Bang Theory bit on it.
How about the Eddington, named for the guy who proved Einstein's theory of relativity.
Howabout the USS Rutherford (after Ernest Rutherford)
or perhaps
USS Sagan (after Carl Sagan)
Both admirable scientific minds, IMO.
or perhaps
USS Sagan (after Carl Sagan)
Both admirable scientific minds, IMO.
Howabout the USS Rutherford (after Ernest Rutherford)
or perhaps
USS Sagan (after Carl Sagan)
Yeah, I would second Sagan - might get a lot of hits too, but he needs a ship named after him.
Also, how's about some other suggestions:
Leakey (big family...pick any one...or all!)
Freeman Dyson.
Buckminster Fuller.
Chandrasekhara.
Russel Wallace
Curie.
Szilard.
Jacob Bronowski.
Hypatia (of Alexandria).
Loren Eiseley.
Lynn Margulis.
Jane Goodall.
Diane Fossey.
Jill Tarter. (<-character Ellen Arroway, in "Contact" was losely based on Tarter...)
Frank Drake.
Caroyln Porco.
Mileva Maric.
Sir Arthur Eddinton.
Rutherford.
Maria Mayer.
Henrietta Swan Leavitt.
Lise Meitner.
Also...here's a list of the 100 most influential scientists:http://www.adherents.com/people/100_scientists.html
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i wouldn't use 'Drake' unless you make it clear it's Frank Drake, otherwise folks might assume it's Sir Francis Drake...
Edward Barnard the astronomer?
Johann von Madler, the German astronomer who mapped Mars?
Edward Barnard the astronomer?
Johann von Madler, the German astronomer who mapped Mars?
USS Nikola Tesla
Or dig through the episodes/novels and find one of the fictional scientists from Star Trek. For example in Diane Duane's The wounded sky, we get reference to the vulcan physicists Sivek and T'Pask.
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Brian Cox? (the particle physics professor, TV presenter and former D:Ream keyboardist 
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Cox_(physicist)
Or you could use a name no-one has heard of yet. Maybe the name of a TrekBBS member here...
)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Cox_(physicist)
Or you could use a name no-one has heard of yet. Maybe the name of a TrekBBS member here...
How about the Jocelyn Bell? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jocelyn_Bell_Burnell
IIRC, pulsars are used in ST for navigation?
IIRC, pulsars are used in ST for navigation?
Then USS McCoy would be a great name. Also USS Curie would be a good name, I don't imagine Madame Curie gets many ships named for her, only an element.
*Sometime* onscreen (canon) - or at least in a licensed Trek book or other media - I'd like to see either a "USS Carl Sagan" (science or Enterprise-type exploration ship) - or even, better, a "USS Sagan" as the namesake ship/first in it's class for the Sagan Class science vessel!
I remember way back in the late 80's - pre-internets - some fan-speculation that the Oberth was a "Sagan Class" ship...I was disappointed to find out it was not the name chosen when the time came to pick a canon title...
Carl Sagan may have been a bit vain or arrogant at times - by far less than most men/women - and he was snubbed by his peers in the scientific community for not being "a real scientist" but a "celebrity" (can you say "jealousy"?) ...but, godsdamnit, he was a science educator, one who came down out of the ivory towers to teach the importance of the public of supporting/funding those back in the towers...he taught the world beauty and wonder of science, and in college in the early 90's I didn't know one fellow science, astronomy, engineering student who didn't credit Sagan with opening their minds and hearts to science, the love of science, and for their ultimate choice to follow that career path.
He was, indeed, "The man who taught the world science."
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Carol or David, though?
Could represent both, I guess...or there could be a "USS David Marcus" &/or a "USS Carol Marcus"...
Though, David would be remembered as....what? *Once* the details of Genesis where declassified - he'd be the young upstart eager-beaver *unethical* scientist who used dangerous proto-matter to make Genesis appear to be a success - the result of which brought the Klingon & Federation (and gods knows who else) the to brink of "universal Armageddon"...and eventually got him killed.
I dunno much about how his mum would be remembered - she may have made other contributions, but doubtless the Genesis debacle would have tainted her rep quite a bit....
U.S.S. Oppenheimer. It's about time the man's reputation got rehabilitated. Weapons scientist? Yes. Responsible for peace on Earth (well at least for a hundred years till someone actually used his weapons on a grand scale)? Yes.
If you want a space scientist, the U.S.S. Korolyov.
I also like the Marcus suggestion. Ship's motto: "Scientists are always pawns of the military."
If you want a space scientist, the U.S.S. Korolyov.
I also like the Marcus suggestion. Ship's motto: "Scientists are always pawns of the military."
USS Ingram
USS Grylls
USS Rowe
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USS Hyneman
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USS Rowe
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USS Hyneman
Would the USS Carol Marcus have the motto: "Can I cook, or can't I?"
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