Orion was originally intended to serve as a crew capsule for the Constellation program, an ambitious NASA project to return humans to the moon and eventually create a full-time lunar base.

America, in return, was responsible for the statue's base and pedestal, to be constructed within the existing walls of Fort Wood, an Army post on what was then known as Bedloe's Island.

To return to the highlight style controversy mentioned in Understanding the base domains, a pragmatic document authored with highlight domain will contain phrases like the following.