ðə kɹˈuː wʊdhɐv lˈaɪkli tʃˈoʊzən kˈɑːləmbˌɪæd, ðə nˈeɪm ʌvðə dʒˈaɪənt kˈænən ðæt lˈɔːntʃᵻz ɐ spˈeɪs vˈiəkəl ɪn dʒˈuːlz vˈɜːnz wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti fˈaɪv nˈɑːvəl fɹʌmðɪ ˈɜːθ tə ðə mˈuːn.
The crew would have likely chosen Columbiad, the name of the giant cannon that launches a space vehicle in Jules Verne's 1865 novel From the Earth to the Moon.