Timeline for In the Alien series, what is the meaning of the "LV" designation for planets and moons?
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| May 21, 2013 at 2:19 | comment | added | Tacroy | @AndrewThompson I was thinking "Landing Vehicle" myself, since "Launch Vehicle" is just something Jason Rob came up with :) | |
| May 20, 2013 at 23:56 | comment | added | Andrew Thompson | @Tacroy In that case it would be called a 'Descent Vehicle' rather than a 'Launch Vehicle'. No, clutching at straws. | |
| May 20, 2013 at 16:51 | comment | added | Tacroy | @AndrewThompson Actually it's really expensive to launch something out of a gravity well, so the "Launch Vehicle" theory would still mostly work - once the LV lands, it stays there permanently like the Mars rovers. | |
| Nov 9, 2012 at 2:32 | comment | added | Andrew Thompson | Both of those could lead to two different moons having the same desicnation. For that reason, I don't see it as being a practical way to delineate between them. E.G. "Set a course for LV-999." "LV-999 at Sirius or Polaris?" | |
| Jun 24, 2012 at 15:59 | history | answered | Jason Rob | CC BY-SA 3.0 |