I was watching some of the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica series, where they often would run system status checks before making an FTL Jump. And on more the occasion they called it "rounding the horn."
I know the concept of launch status checks was a nod to the launch status checks from the Apollo era and maybe even before, and it's most likely also used in the military.
I also know the phrase originated from sailing vessels going around Cape Horn at the southern tip of Africa.
I'm wondering however if anyone can lend any insight into how the phrase "Let's go around the horn" came to be associated with a station status check like this. (I've heard it used in reference to this sort of status check long before watching BSG.)
Perhaps it was a shorthand for "let's make sure everything is stowed before doing this dangerous maneuver" and just got carried over into other things that were equally dangerous and needed double-checking beforehand?
Or perhaps it got muddled with "let's go around the room", and the change kinda stuck?
---------- Post added 07-25-20 at 01:25 AM ---------- Previous post was 07-24-20 at 11:05 PM ----------
Example in this clip, starting at around the 1 minute mark.
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkxXhD-xDTE"]Battlestar Galactica | The Demetrius Jumps Back - YouTube[/ame]
I know the concept of launch status checks was a nod to the launch status checks from the Apollo era and maybe even before, and it's most likely also used in the military.
I also know the phrase originated from sailing vessels going around Cape Horn at the southern tip of Africa.
I'm wondering however if anyone can lend any insight into how the phrase "Let's go around the horn" came to be associated with a station status check like this. (I've heard it used in reference to this sort of status check long before watching BSG.)
Perhaps it was a shorthand for "let's make sure everything is stowed before doing this dangerous maneuver" and just got carried over into other things that were equally dangerous and needed double-checking beforehand?
Or perhaps it got muddled with "let's go around the room", and the change kinda stuck?
---------- Post added 07-25-20 at 01:25 AM ---------- Previous post was 07-24-20 at 11:05 PM ----------
Example in this clip, starting at around the 1 minute mark.
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkxXhD-xDTE"]Battlestar Galactica | The Demetrius Jumps Back - YouTube[/ame]
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