Petition to name first manned Dragon spacecraft Serenity by Lemming

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Petition to name first manned Dragon spacecraft Serenity

POSTED BY: LEMMING
UPDATED: Thursday, March 21, 2013 11:06
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Wednesday, August 29, 2012 2:12 AM

Bit of a crosspost, but this one may fare better that the previous online petition to NASA to name real space hardware after our favourite mid bulk transport.

This is the sample sharing email/post containing the link. I've signed it and know several other Browncoats who have as well. Worth a punt. Anyone know if musk is a fan of Firefly?

Nick

Subject: Tell SpaceX: Next manned US spacecraft should be named "Serenity"

Hi,

SpaceX has been awarded the contract to produce NASA's next manned spacecraft, which is tentatively scheduled for launch in 2015. We're calling on SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk to christen the first of these manned Dragon capsules "Serenity," after the fictional ship of the same name in Joss Whedon's "Firefly" universe.

That's why I signed a petition to Elon Musk, Founder and CEO, SpaceX.

Will you sign this petition? Click here:

http://signon.org/sign/tell-spacex-next-manned?source=s.em.cp&r_by
=5419121

Thanks!

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Wednesday, August 29, 2012 7:59 AM

DEATHPAIN

Thankyou for this. I have signed and am going to post on other forums to try and gain more support. Hopefully other people will aswell.

Twitter Facebook and other Forums have been spammed. Dont know where else to post this, but if I think of somewhere I will.

not sure where else to post this, but if I think of somewhere ill do it.

Zhu tamin ya min zhu yi huli gou tsao de ching-wah tsao duh liou mahng.

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Wednesday, August 29, 2012 3:11 PM

CFL_BROWNCOAT

Hi, Lemming! Thanks for reposting our petition here! It seems you were right, because it's gotten hundreds of signatures since you did so! 'Guess I just posted it in the wrong place to begin with.

For those of you just joining us, see the full story here: [url] http://community.cantstoptheserenity.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=2028[/url]

Essentially, the petition is great, but the real meat of it will be all of YOU writing real, physical, mail-y type letters to Mr. Elon Musk. To your question:

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Originally posted by Lemming: Anyone know if musk is a fan of Firefly?

..The answer is an emphatic YES. As the article in the link says, Elon had a cameo in Iron Man 2 and offered the use of his rocket manufacturing facilities to film scenes in. He's had several executive conference rooms at SpaceX HQ named in honor of great science fiction authors, such as Arthur C. Clarke, at the behest of internet fans. If you need any more convincing, within 20 minutes of the whedonesque story being auto-tweeted, SpaceX themselves responded, "Browncoats in space!!"

So, you bet your Capission 38 engine we can do this! Read the article for more ways you can get involved, stay tuned as we try and figure out the digital real estate situation (web hosting don't come cheap, so we're setting up social media for now), and listen in to the Sending a Wave podcast, who will soon be covering the story. Apathy killed manned spaceflight, but as Mal would say, love will put her back in the air.

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Thursday, August 30, 2012 5:34 AM

DEATHPAIN

And back to the top : )

Been posting everywhere I can so far. Do we know of an address we can send mail'y type letters too ?

Zhu tamin ya min zhu yi huli gou tsao de ching-wah tsao duh liou mahng.

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Thursday, August 30, 2012 7:41 AM

LEMMING

Hi CFL,

no real surprise that Elon Musk is a fan :-)

Might have known that Wendy and Odile on Sending a Wave would have something on this - I emailed both of them directly (I've known them for years and been on the show several times - kinda goes with doing a Firefly podcast too. For anyone interested, the feed/links to Sending a Wave and other shiny podcasts "ahem" are right *here* on this site under the Firecasts link to your upper right at the top of this page)

Will keep an eye on this one, very interesting full story, very possible that this could actually work, fingers crossed for a shiny outcome! I mean, a real gorram honest to goodness spaceship, called Serenity, *in space*...new series of Firefly aside, what could be cooler?

Nick

The Signal < www.serenityfirefly.com>;

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Sunday, September 02, 2012 1:32 AM

DEATHPAIN

Im not sure if this is the correct address to send mail too, but this is the only address I have found so far so hopefully it will get to where it needs to go.

1 Rocket Rd Hawthorne, CA 90250

Zhu tamin ya min zhu yi huli gou tsao de ching-wah tsao duh liou mahng.

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Tuesday, February 05, 2013 12:29 PM

BIGDAMNHERO42

-Aint no place I can be since I found Serenity

Bumping up this thread.

Since I read this thread months ago and signed the petition, I've gotten very involved in making this a reality. When the goal was 750 signatures, I urged friends and family to sign and urge others to sign, until lo and behold, I was able to get us to 750. Now there's a new goal of 1000 signatures, and the best way to reach people who will sign is through this site.

Thanks to LEMMING for drawing my attention to this in the first place.

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Tuesday, February 05, 2013 1:49 PM