LOHAN's final test flight moniker: The people must decide

As the Low Orbit Helium Assisted Navigator (LOHAN) team prepares for a forthcoming final test flight, we've put together the poll which will decide which talented reader walks away with a RockBLOCK Mk2 Iridium satellite comms unit, courtesy of our chums at Rock Seven. The RockBLOCK Mk2 The RockBLOCK "allows you to send and …

[Antonymous Coward]

ARSE!

(Another Round of System Evaluation)

Why do I keep missing these? X*(

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..needless to say, I chose FIST (with CLARKSON close behind).

[That one over there]

Re: ARSE!

Oh, well played sir!

[Antonymous Coward]

Re: ARSE!

Cheers!

I fleetingly considered Preflight Aerial Error Detection Operation but was afraid I'd end up on the register and had to destroy my brain.

[Alister]

Glad to see PRATCHETT is leading so far - a fitting tribute, I feel.

Maybe we could have a Death Of Rats as Nose Art?

[Martin Budden]

A strong sentimental vote, yes, and appropriately so: he was a truly great person.

[Ben Bonsall]

PRATCHETT is good, but for me it's a tossup between FIREBALL and FIST. As always.

Atmospheric Balloon-O-Rocket Test For Ultimate ChecK oF Unstable Configuration

Korrection And Also Reentry Guidance Handling!

[Alister]

Sorry Ben but I had to work that out... it took a while, but I make that

A B O R T F U C K F U C K A A R G H

Worth at least one of these ======>>>>>>

[Ben Bonsall]

Cheers!

[big_D]

Lube and Harlot?

That seems a bit OTT. In conjunction with LOHAN, somebody might get the wrong idea about lube, but it is an abbreviation of lubricant, which covers a great range of products for different purposes and different industries.

Likewise, I find Harlot isn't so family unfriendly. It was certainly a word I grew up with as a kid.

[Vic]

Re: Lube and Harlot?

I find Harlot isn't so family unfriendly. It was certainly a word I grew up with as a kid.

Too much information?

Vic.

[macjules]

The Hilton Angle?

Why nobody thought of this I do not know ...

PAYLOAD

AVIONICS

RIG

INTO

SPACE / STRATOSPHERE

And obviously:

HAS

INTERESTING

LAST

TEST

OF

NAVIGATION

[melt]

Re: The Hilton Angle?

...because the SPB's previous project already was PARIS (Paper Aircraft Released Into Space)

Nice try though!

[Sir Sham Cad]

PRATCHETT just put a lump in my throat.

For sheer Because It's Friday:

LOTOFTARTS

Last Of The Official Flight Telemetry Avionic Rig Test Simulations

[Anonymous Coward]

Test name--REALITY STAR

Reconfirming

Endothermic

Appraisals

Looking

Into

Telemetry

capacitY

Should (LOHAN)

Takeoff

Actually

aRrive

[PDSAjax]

Pratchett for sure

Continue the memory... but Clarkson comes a good second, especially if you can get the man himself present screaming "POWEEEERRRRRR" at the correct moments.. What could possibly go wrong?

[Anonymous Coward]

Oh! for goodness sake just launch the f'ing thing.

[Mark 85]

Amen. Bring it to my house on the 4th of July... we'll launch it, and say it's part of the "celebration" when the cops show up and invite them in for beer and bbq.

[Mark 85]

Cancel that... I just rechecked... I'm 2 miles from the airport. Launching the balloon would get us a visit from all sorts of LEO types and probably some time in the pokey.. <sigh>

[Martin Budden]

Obvious solution: move house.

[Gordon 8]

Finally

Well, kind of apt the final naming is happening, I just recived my Beer mug in the post today.

Even better, I got a bottle of Doombar yesterday to test it's liquid retention capacity.

If the American's are still on a go slow, what about moving the flight to Australia?

[BattleBotBob]

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