# What names would you choose for post scarcity space stations? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 15, 2022, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-names-would-you-choose-for-post-scarcity-space-stations/969718 "2022-08-15T23:29:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cmyers1980](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyers1980/32/11814_2.png) [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2022, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-names-would-you-choose-for-post-scarcity-space-stations/969718/1 "2022-08-15T23:29:43Z")
This prompt is inspired by Iain Banks’ Culture series. If you could choose the names for 10 large spaceships capable of carrying hundreds of millions of people in post scarcity utopic comfort which names would you choose and why? Examples: Heracles Limitless Obsidian Elysium Argus Funland Primrose Seraph Elohim Daedalus ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2022, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-names-would-you-choose-for-post-scarcity-space-stations/969718/2 "2022-08-15T23:41:19Z")
Aldrin, Armstrong, Glenn, Grissom, Schirra, Shepard… ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2022, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-names-would-you-choose-for-post-scarcity-space-stations/969718/3 "2022-08-15T23:42:55Z")
Potlatch. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2022, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-names-would-you-choose-for-post-scarcity-space-stations/969718/4 "2022-08-16T00:08:26Z")
Shippy McShipface. Because this is what you get when you let people name things. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2022, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-names-would-you-choose-for-post-scarcity-space-stations/969718/5 "2022-08-16T00:10:26Z")
Arc 1 Arc 2 Arc 3 Arc 4 Arc 5 Arc 6 Arc 7 Arc 8 Arc 9 Arc 10 ---
**Author:** ![Wallaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dc4da7/32.png) [@Wallaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallaby)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2022, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-names-would-you-choose-for-post-scarcity-space-stations/969718/6 "2022-08-16T00:28:47Z")
Ark A Ark C Ark D Ark E … ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2022, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-names-would-you-choose-for-post-scarcity-space-stations/969718/7 "2022-08-16T00:32:56Z")
Chandler, Heinlein, Anderson, Russell, Norton, Bliss… ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2022, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-names-would-you-choose-for-post-scarcity-space-stations/969718/8 "2022-08-16T00:41:36Z")
Grissom, White, Chafee, Scobee, Smith, McNair, Onizuka, Resnick, Jarvis, McAuliffe, Husband, McCool, Anderson, Chawla, Brown, Clark, Ramon ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2022, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-names-would-you-choose-for-post-scarcity-space-stations/969718/9 "2022-08-16T00:46:21Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Grissom, White, Chafee, Scobee, Smith, McNair, Onizuka, Resnick, Jarvis, McAuliffe, Husband, McCool, Anderson, Chawla, Brown, Clark, Ramon What do you have against Dobrovolsky, Komarov, Patsayev and Volkov? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2022, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-names-would-you-choose-for-post-scarcity-space-stations/969718/10 "2022-08-16T00:47:16Z")
Right this minute? Fuck all Russians. Harsh and parochial, but honest. ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2022, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-names-would-you-choose-for-post-scarcity-space-stations/969718/11 "2022-08-16T00:49:55Z")
Dunmanifestin ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2022, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-names-would-you-choose-for-post-scarcity-space-stations/969718/12 "2022-08-16T01:20:36Z")
Gagarin should be first, surely? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2022, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-names-would-you-choose-for-post-scarcity-space-stations/969718/13 "2022-08-16T01:35:36Z")
Never mind. Brain fart. ---
**Author:** ![Limmin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f04885/32.png) [@Limmin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Limmin)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2022, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-names-would-you-choose-for-post-scarcity-space-stations/969718/14 "2022-08-16T01:37:15Z")
B Ark ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2022, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-names-would-you-choose-for-post-scarcity-space-stations/969718/15 "2022-08-16T02:36:28Z")
Ian Banks’ spaceships names were much more…varied: - Bora Horza Gobuchul - Irregular Apocalypse - Prosthetic Conscience - Just Read The Instructions - A Series Of Unlikely Explanations - You Would If You Really Loved Me …and so on. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2022, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-names-would-you-choose-for-post-scarcity-space-stations/969718/16 "2022-08-16T02:39:37Z")
Babylon One Babylon Two Babylon Three Babylon Four Babylon Five ---
**Author:** ![X.L.Lent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a5b964/32.png) [@X.L.Lent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X.L.Lent)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2022, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-names-would-you-choose-for-post-scarcity-space-stations/969718/17 "2022-08-16T04:41:53Z")
Damfino ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2022, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-names-would-you-choose-for-post-scarcity-space-stations/969718/18 "2022-08-16T05:14:30Z")
> [@Wallaby](#): > > Ark A > Ark C > Ark D > Ark E … That lack of telephone sanitizers is going to come back to haunt us at some point. ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2022, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-names-would-you-choose-for-post-scarcity-space-stations/969718/19 "2022-08-16T06:14:20Z")
- Twinkle Twinkle Little Star - Sleight of Hand - Valis - If You Say So - Lost Babylon - Presence - Bringing Up Baby - Run Away Run Away - Ancient Future - That’s All Folks ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2022, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-names-would-you-choose-for-post-scarcity-space-stations/969718/20 "2022-08-16T07:51:53Z")
Darkblade Deathscythe Starslayer Worldender Sunkiller Soulripper Doombringer Voidspreader Hatefist Hellmouth If you’re going to travel the stars as a hippy commune, might as well be sarcastic while you do it… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-names-would-you-choose-for-post-scarcity-space-stations/969718.md?page=2)