NOTE FROM DAVE:

One wonders sometimes why the International Space Station
can’t be named something cooler. There are lots of possibilities:
Heinlein Station, Asimov Station, and so on.

If we SF fans can organize ourselves to save a TV show over
and over, why not a movement to give the ISS a real name?

Here are a few suggestions that might not have been so obvious.

The Top 9 Alternate Names for
the International Space Station

9> The International About-as-Likely-to-Be-Completed-as-Those- Bookshelves-in-My-Shop Station.

8> Babylon .5

7> Hooters1! (in space!) ‘Cause antigravity boobs are cool.

6> AGNP (Anti-Gravity Nookie Port)

5> Fred

4> SkyLab II (This time its personal!)

3> SCOPE: Starfleet Cooperative Outpost for Planetary Exploration

2> HISS! Snakes on a Station!

and the Number 1 Alternate Name for the International Space Station …

1> Mistress Nasa’s House of Orbital Delight

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Credits:

Selected from 40 submissions from 11 contributors.
This week’s list authors are:

James Knowles, Bellingham, WA — 1
Mark David, Sunnyvale, CA — 2
Mary Ann McDonald, Sacramento, CA — 3, 5
Jim Bannon, Simian Hill, MD. — 4, 6, 7 (Hat trick!)
RW Lipp, Lenexa, KS — 8, 9
Dave Oberhart, Durham, NC — SF List Moderator