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Re:SpaceX rocket engine explodes during test at Texas facility by lightbyte on Wednesday November 08, 2017 @01:54PM (#15655671)
>#2- The BFR. All over the news lately, going to be a humongous rocket that does New York to Sydney in under an hour, or take humans to the Moon or Mars.

Does BFR happen to stand for "big fucking rocket"?

Re:SpaceX rocket engine explodes during test at Texas facility by aidenn0 on Wednesday November 08, 2017 @02:45PM (#15656211)
Yes. This is from the same CEO who wanted to name his first 3 models of car "S, E, and X" (the 3 was going to be the model E, but renamed due to ford's trademark).
Re:SpaceX rocket engine explodes during test at Texas facility by mikeash on Wednesday November 08, 2017 @03:45PM (#15656820)
And the one after that will be Y.

I always tell people that BFR stands for "Big Rocket." It's more fun to let them fill in the blank.

Re:SpaceX rocket engine explodes during test at Texas facility by pavement on Wednesday November 08, 2017 @03:42PM (#15656786)
Well, I never! How crude! I mean just poo-poo on this sort of thing and anybody amused by it!
Re:SpaceX rocket engine explodes during test at Texas facility by MR4D on Wednesday November 08, 2017 @04:04PM (#15657010)
Don't forget the Model Y. (Basically a crossover version of the Model 3. )

Ref: https://electrek.co/guides/tesla-model-y/

Re:SpaceX rocket engine explodes during test at Texas facility by matt4077 on Wednesday November 08, 2017 @09:24PM (#15659267)
Also the barges "Read the Instructions" and "Of Course I Still Love You"

I wish people would take notice... Too often, I see creative/meaningful/evocative product and company names criticised with this sort of I'm-not-complaining-but-other-will-thinking.

Re:SpaceX rocket engine explodes during test at Texas facility by Robotbeat on Wednesday November 08, 2017 @02:39PM (#15656139)
Yes. In polite company, it's "Big Falcon Rocket," but Elon has been perfectly clear about what it actually stands for.
Re:SpaceX rocket engine explodes during test at Texas facility by mabbo on Wednesday November 08, 2017 @01:56PM (#15655689)
I think publicly they say things like "Big Falcon Rocket".
Re:SpaceX rocket engine explodes during test at Texas facility by api on Wednesday November 08, 2017 @02:11PM (#15655831)
It comes from the "BFG" from the original Doom games.

Edit: fixed... was Doom not Quake :P

Re:SpaceX rocket engine explodes during test at Texas facility by CodeWriter23 on Wednesday November 08, 2017 @02:23PM (#15655972)
Ahem, the BFG 9000 was from Doom.
Re:SpaceX rocket engine explodes during test at Texas facility by neuronexmachina on Wednesday November 08, 2017 @02:52PM (#15656293)
Quake II and Q3A did have a BFG10K, though.