Added 1 new A* page:Now, "Molsov" started out like a lot of the names I come up with, basically as a kind of sound I wanted for the name. But it turns out it could also almost mean stuff! For instance, "Mol" could stand for the Manned Orbital Laboratory, a manned training and reconnaissance space station the U.S. Air Force was looking into in the '60s, until they eventually decided it would cost to much and not be any more useful than much cheaper drones. Also for some reason it was going to look kind like a beer bottle, at least as imagined in this '67 concept drawing (that's a Gemini B re-entry capsule at the near end, separating from the station for a return to Earth):
image by USAF (source)
Compare with this earlier concept drawing from 1960, before the Gemini craft were settled on as shuttle vehicles:
image by USAF (source)
And check out the dome on this MOL space suit:
image by USAF (source)
The "sov" part of the "Molsov" name could come from the word "sovereign," which will apply to Molsov in a way which will be hinted at by the end of this little conversation; it could also stand for single occupant vehicle, whose almost-relevance you will see as early as Selenis' next sentence!
But mostly I just liked how it sounded. :P
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Here's what Selenis looked like in pencil before I splashed ink all over her for today's page:
I kind of liked this version, even if her eyes are looking two different directions. ;D (Actually that's probably *why* I like it. :P Why settle for an image of a face having just one expression when it can actually have two?)
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