æt ʃˈɪɹz sədʒˈɛstʃən, ðə sˌiːˈɛm wʌz nˈeɪmd kəlˈʌmbiə ˈæftɚ kˈɑːləmbˌɪæd, ðə dʒˈaɪənt kˈænən ðæt lˈɑːntʃt ɐ spˈeɪskɹæft ˈɔːlsoʊ fɹʌm flˈɔːɹɪdə ɪn dʒˈuːlz vˈɜːnz wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti fˈaɪv nˈɑːvəl fɹʌmðɪ ˈɜːθ tə ðə mˈuːn.
At Scheer's suggestion, the CM was named Columbia after Columbiad, the giant cannon that launched a spacecraft (also from Florida) in Jules Verne's 1865 novel From the Earth to the Moon.