Say that Mankind launches two new spaceships.

[Jonluw]

Sleipnir and Tanngrisnir.
Or perhaps just Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr.

 

[newwiseman]

I wonder how many people are going to say Normandy and Enterprise

Enterprise is a given.

Going back every new generation of ship has had one named Enterprise. There is even a probe sent out called the enterprise. That's why Roddenberry chose the name in the first place.

And, because I live in a Merica (<- not a mistake), Freedom 1

 

[Katherine Kerensky]

Hmmm...
...
Hmmm...
*Extra thinking for no result*
I'll just go with the Titanic and the Mayflower.
One will hit a space iceberg made of frozen dog milk, the other will sail forth and do stuff.
Edit: Possible alternative name: Pendragon.

-Snip-
Teresa and Clare

I see your reference-ish thing to Claymore, and raise you one... ummm...
Actually, scratch that, I'm having enough trouble finding my own stuff that I need, let alone stuff to bet >.>

 

[Harlemura]

Badda Bing and Badda Boom.
This is assuming they were built to look like they're wearing suits and holding tommy guns, of course.

 

[Giuglea]

funny thread..i`ll go with charlie sheen and crackwhore..sums up humankind`s level of evolution..

 

[T8B95]

Or Athena and Ares

I actually really like this combo. Maybe put that as the name of one ship, because the first ship to explore the final frontier will be named Enterprise.

 

[tkmedic]

The Kara and the recovery. that is all

 

[BiscuitTrouser]

Helios and Lhunera. Or failing that, Ave Imperator and Redemptio mortis. Cool sounding names. The furious Abyss is also a cool name.

 

[Gerhardt]

"ONOZ" and "ROFLCOPTR"
Our generation is the greatest generation.

Or maybe "Bill" and "Ted"...

 

[Arkley]

Enterprise and Columbia are the obvious choices. Dreadnought would also no doubt be appropriate, it being the name of the most revolutionary naval ship ever built. Hermes was also a revolutionary ship, being the first purpose-built aircraft carrier and the design from which all others were born, but the name doesn't quite fit with space exploration.

National Personification names would also be appropriate if the ships were built by specific countries rather than by a united Earth; Columbia or Liberty for the USA, Britannia for the UK, and so on.

 

[Anarchemitis]

They would probably be named something by a NASA/ESA committee. This was how the Ranger, Surveyor, Apollo, Voyager, Viking, Mariner and Pathfinder programs all were named. The Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity however were named by an international essay competition.

Fair game for naming conventions are anything of old myth associated with ancient astronomy, cool modern science buzzwords like Millennium, or contrived [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MESSENGER] retronyms [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C.O.L.B.E.R.T.].

 

[Lord Kloo]

'Thing One' and 'Thing Two'
'Adam' and 'Eve'
'Earth' and 'Moon'

or if I'm in a sarcastic mood:

'The Titanic' and 'The Mary Rose' - Sums up what will happen when they meet aliens..

 

[imnot]

Hms trololol
and
Starship tweenie

 

[ImperialSunlight]

Ajax the Greater (named after the Greek mythological hero) and Ajax the Lesser ("").

 

[imnot]

National Personification names would also be appropriate if the ships were built be specific countries rather than by a united Earth; Columbia or Liberty for the USA, Britannia for the UK, and so on.

Have you been playing freelancer

 

[FolkLikePanda]

Pandagazmatron and Awesomonex for silly names but I'd call one Wanderer and the other I'd leave someone else to decide.

 

[Frozen Donkey Wheel2]

TARDIS and Normandy. Easy.

 

[dalek sec]

Ship 1: The Galactica.

Ship 2: Destiny.

I just wanted to be different with the naming of the ships since everyone else has taken all the usal names by now.

 

[Sovereignty]

Awesome
and
Possum.


Obvious reasons for both.

 

[Randomologist]

*Snip*
Actually I really like those names. Well done.

Thanks. I thought that two of the gentlemen who helped spark popular interest in this sort of thing might be appropriate.

Atlas, after the Mythical being who holds the earth on his shoulders
Ragnarok, after the norse good who brings about the end of the old world and the start of the new.
Atlas of course to represent the earths hopes.

I really like your thinking here. The myriad of human cultures have generated a lot of mythical stories and characters, and I would imagine that each story is somewhat unique to its home culture.