Terrible names (a scratch building challenge)

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Frag'n-Stein - 8"+ dia. rocket with an "N" motor

Fragmented Reality

Off With Her Head!

S.R.D.H "Scrap Rolls Down Hill"

Filibuster
 
Haha, how bout this name:
Size matters?
The question mark is definitely part of the name

A guy at Midwest Power one year built a rocket with that name as his level 3 cert attempt. Sadly, it came in ballistic from (supposedly) 15,000 feet. I think it was twenty feet long and pretty skinny. Either 4" or 6" diameter, flying on an N motor.
 
Flight Restricted
Dinna’ Move
Dud
Attempt I II III IV V
No Fly List
Flammable
Strike Anywhere
Fallout
Great Pretender
Duckn Cover
Migraine
Sky Dodger
 
A guy at Midwest Power one year built a rocket with that name as his level 3 cert attempt. Sadly, it came in ballistic from (supposedly) 15,000 feet. I think it was twenty feet long and pretty skinny. Either 4" or 6" diameter, flying on an N motor.
It may have started 20 feet long and 6 inches in diameter.

if your flight description is right, it ended up 6 inches long and 20 feet in diameter.
 
We had Special High Intensity Training that we would give to the troops when they screwed up.

Here is Seattle, the bright bulbs behind the streetcar into the South Lake Union neighborhood decided to name it a trolley without checking the acronym. They published the name and plans, got made fun of, and quickly changed it to the “South Lake Union Streetcar”. A decade or so later, a local store still sells “Ride the SLUT” T shirts.
 
Here is Seattle, the bright bulbs behind the streetcar into the South Lake Union neighborhood decided to name it a trolley without checking the acronym. They published the name and plans, got made fun of, and quickly changed it to the “South Lake Union Streetcar”. A decade or so later, a local store still sells “Ride the SLUT” T shirts.
Air Force used to have two pilots training tracks. Academy grads could get waivers for uncorrected vision in two flavors, 20/50 or better and 20/100 to just over 20/50 (both treks required CORRECTED vision to be 20/20.). The first qualification was called TARF (Trainer, Attack, Recon, Fighter), the second TTB (Transport, Tanker,Bomber.)

I thought the first one might be better called FART qualified.

we did actually have a mandatory annual graded military college class (i kid you not), Professional Military Studies 101, 201, 301, and 401.........
 
Clarifying OP:

Just for fun, in a cart before the horse kind of way, and also help to spark some scratch build creativity; how about we hear some terrible rocket names as inspiration for new builds, anyone interested can provide their physical interpretation, OR model, or RS model to capture the essence of the name. Anyone game?

@Nytrunner @neil_w @kuririn @BABAR @Daddyisabar


I had a rocket I had built for my Ex wife
It had a great name. She cheated on me, left and divorced me.
Years later I got it out of the attic, repainted it and new name: DAMAGE
 
Name for a rocket:
"I looked good on paper!",
or
"It looked good on paper!"
 
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OK, but how about "It looked good on paper"? That'd be a good bad name too.

Yeah well I guess I just have this strange habit of making objects talk sometimes, so like the rocket is saying "I looked good on paper", as if it was sentient or conscious, but that might be because I sometimes work with artificial intelligence thingies and I enjoy blurring the line between organic consciousness, non-organic hypothetical consciousness, and straight-up fictional characters like maybe a rocket with googly eyes.

Don't mind me, I'm a little tired right now and barely conscious myself 😴.
 
I was sitting here trying to think of a name for the 4" rocket that's almost done. My list of the brightest stars didn't speak to me. So I started thinking about planets and moons. Then the name came to me. Something that hasn't been done before. I'm going to call it the Uranus Probe. Cracked my self up. It was a real LOL moment. I'm looking forward to the LCO calling out the rocket name. The other fliers will be rolling on the ground.
 
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