Naming The New NASA Vehicles

A question remains as to what to name the HLV.

In the tradition of Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Saturn, Titan, and Atlas, I propose the name "Zeus", the chief god of Greek myth. "Jupiter", the Roman name for Zeus, is already taken.

The name "Zeus" could apply to the HLV, the CEV, or the entire project. However, the project already has a name -- "Constellation". And NASA already has alternative naming traditions for specific individual spacecraft (e.g., Eagle).

Nevertheless, the following are three alternatives to consider: Odysseus Prometheus, or Hercules.

The CEV as a generic model could be referred to as the "Odysseus", "Prometheus" or the "Hercules" spacecraft. Further, if "Zeus" is not used for the HLV, then the others are also free to be considered, and "Zeus" may be consdered for the CEV. However, at this point, I prefer "Odysseus-Zeus".

Finally, a name to consider for the first manned lunar lander, or, alternatively, the first manned Martian lander, is "Eagle II", or "Eagle-A".