Origin of the name "Pol".

[Whirligig Girl]

Obviously KSP has a few mixed in sci-fi references in it's names for the planets. EVE Online, perhaps? Now, I remember when they were showing off Pol on a livestream over two years ago (The old KerbalSP official Channel on Twitch, not KSPTV). They didn't know what to call it, but someone suggested that it looked like pollen. Later, they announced that they named it Pol. Perhaps there is another reason why. HERE is an article on the Atomic Rockets website. Scroll down to "Used Spacecraft Yard" section and you will find that one of the characters in this old SF story written by Heinlein was named Pollux, shortened to "Pol". I just thought that was an interesting tidbit that I could share.

Also, shows proof that I'm a KSP Veteran because I remember that ancient livestream!

[sal_vager]

That "someone" was the good Cap'n Skunky, he likened the moon to a pollen grain, and the name stuck

[EvilotionCR2]

That "someone" was the good Cap'n Skunky, he likened the moon to a pollen grain, and the name stuck

Heh. He was a nice guy. Miss him

[r4pt0r]

Heh. He was a nice guy. Miss him

hes been back, posted in a few threads already

Here for one, but also in the .25 official release post

Edited October 21, 2014 by r4pt0r

[Bishop149]

Well the two characters in that story were called Pollux and Castor . . . there might just be and older source of those names!

[RocketPilot573]

I too remember that livestream. And the one where docking was announced, revealed and shown all in the same livestream.

[sporkafife]

If you're a veteran for remembering that livestream, what does that make me for remembering when the Mun was released... and when they released the persistence feature... and where they first released the patched conics system to help us get to that Mun xD

[Las-pen]

I always thought Eve comes from, well Eve, since it is an analogy of Venus, which is named after Roman Goddess of love, and Eve was the first woman (according to bible). Both mythological female figures.

[RW-1]

It's actually "Lop", it's just that they got it backwards ....

(Eeloo was to be Oolee as well ...)

[swiftgates24]

During the live stream someone said it looked like a pollen grain, who I guess was Capt'n Skunky. I suggested they name it Pollen in the chat, and someone in the stream said that's a good idea. After the stream, a thread was made about what to name it, and it all revolved around the word pollen. We didn't hear anything else about its name until .18 was released, and it was called Pol.

I've always taken pride in knowing I was the one who suggested Pollen which became Pol, but now that I know it was Capt'n Skunky who mentioned what it looked like before and sparked the idea, I believe it is his doing

Edited October 21, 2014 by swiftgates24

[Whirligig Girl]

That "someone" was the good Cap'n Skunky, he likened the moon to a pollen grain, and the name stuck

I didn't think it was Skunky.

[swiftgates24]

I always thought it was C7 myself, or Nova. I just went with what sal said. Always trust sal.

[sal_vager]

I remember the livestream when it happened, there was no name for it at the time, Damion was showing it off along with other planets.

[NovaSilisko]

I do wish I could remember where half of the planet names came from...

[HafCoJoe]

Obviously KSP has a few mixed in sci-fi references in it's names for the planets. EVE Online, perhaps? Now, I remember when they were showing off Pol on a livestream over two years ago (The old KerbalSP official Channel on Twitch, not KSPTV). They didn't know what to call it, but someone suggested that it looked like pollen. Later, they announced that they named it Pol. Perhaps there is another reason why. HERE is an article on the Atomic Rockets website. Scroll down to "Used Spacecraft Yard" section and you will find that one of the characters in this old SF story written by Heinlein was named Pollux, shortened to "Pol". I just thought that was an interesting tidbit that I could share.

Also, shows proof that I'm a KSP Veteran because I remember that ancient livestream!

Pollux! I know that beasty*! Good read. Awesome tie to sci-fi once again! Though probably not intended .

* Actually I'm referring to "lummox" so nvm.

[pizzaoverhead]

I do wish I could remember where half of the planet names came from...

Didn't you have an image at one point with lots of potential future planets and their names with explanations?

I think volcanoes, lava and geysers were mentioned in it.

[Brotoro]

It's actually "Lop", it's just that they got it backwards ....

(Eeloo was to be Oolee as well ...)

It must be Lop in Spanish.

(Olé!)

[swiftgates24]

Didn't you have an image at one point with lots of potential future planets and their names with explanations?

I think volcanoes, lava and geysers were mentioned in it.

Found it.

Also, where is that early moho looking picture from?

[pizzaoverhead]

Found it.

Also, where is that early moho looking picture from?

It's a more recent mod, but it follows the planned theme well:

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/60318-Krags-PlanetFactory-Updated-Jan-22?p=829314&viewfull=1#post829314