Apollo Space Program

Apollo is the god of archery, poetry, healing, diseases, the sun, prophecy, music, and more. His twin sister is Artemis, and his parents are Zeus and Leto. He is the deity of Delphi, which means that the location of Delphi is to him as temples are to their respective gods. The name Apollo was chosen for the Apollo space programs for 2 reasons. The first was that there was a precedent for naming their projects after gods with Project Mercury. The other was that the god Apollo was related to space travel. He is the god of the sun, and it was said that Apollo would pull the sun using his golden chariot. In my opinion, Apollo is a good choice, but he is not the best choice for the name. Artemis is a better choice because she is the goddess of the moon instead of being the god of the sun. Apollo does make some sense because he pulls a celestial body, which is like how astronauts pulled themselves to a celestial body by riding in a rocket. However, I think the connection of Artemis as goddess of the moon works better because they are actually traveling to the moon.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_program, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo, https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4402/ch4.htm

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