Comment by quesera

Comment by quesera 2 days ago

4 replies

Apropos of nothing, but I appreciate the flaunting of branding best practices, and aerospace superstition, in the naming of Blue Origin (BO) and New Glenn (NG).

carabiner 2 days ago

What are branding best practices and aerospace superstition?

- Someone who was an aerospace engineer for 8 years and knows many people in the industry, including BO, SpaceX, Boeing

  • jjk166 2 days ago

    BO is an acronym for body odor, something you don't typically want to associate with any brand.

    NG is an acronym for No/Not Good used in various engineering contexts to refer to things that fail to meet requirements. A superstitious aerospace engineer might not want to essentially name something "failure" though in practice I think most aerospace engineers would love to call their rocket Explodey-9000.