Ground system issue scrubs first launch of SpaceX’s Starship V3 rocket

Engineers could make another attempt to launch Starship as soon as Friday evening.

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[The Lurker Beneath]

For it to be a coincidence, none of the people involved in the decision to use V[number] can have been aware of both the relevant history and the allegations against Musk. That is obviously absurd, which means one of two things is true:
1. They knew and didn't care.
2. They knew and chose it deliberately.

Why would anyone who was not deranged care? Vn stands for 'Version N' - a commonly-used construction - and in fact I think SpaceX internally use 'Block N'. The V does not stand for 'Vengeance Weapon', and Starship is not a ballistic war missile.

 

[The Lurker Beneath]

Unfortunately we've entered an epoch were derangement is becoming more and more common.

Hari Seldon would be having a field day.

Indeed, this example is exceptional only in degree.

 

[The Lurker Beneath]

If it's common then surely some other rockets have used it as prominently as SS.

It's not especially prominent. They use a lot of names - including 'block', as I said. 'Version' is a word that the public easily understands, and that is used by countless companies. Perhaps they are more inclined to use it rather than just a number (like Ariane for example) because of the rapid iteration process.

Anyway this argument about the name is very silly. And now you have missed your chance to pretend it was satire.