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From: Infinite@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Shuttle orbiter-naming competition (Forwarded)
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Date: 12 Jul 88 18:46:33 GMT
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>Well, we have the Atlantis, Columbia, Discovery, and Enterprise.
>We are obviously missing a "b" name...  The first one to come to
>mind is the HMS Beagle (Darwin's ride).  Not only would we name the
>ship after a vessel that spurred some of our major understanding of
>species (irregardless if you beleive/disbeleive the theories of
>natural selection and evolution), but it would give the fundementalists
>something new to scream about.
>
>Hmm: Beagle... Recon they would nickname it Snoopy? Yes, I know a LEM
>had that name.
>
>-- 
>Charles Lord           cjl@ecsvax.UUCP    Usenet

I'm sorry.  But I don't think Beagle would turn out very well.  On returning
and touching down, we would get people saying "The Beagle has landed!"

No, I just don't think it would work out.

a "b" name . . .

Botany Bay? - yes, I am a bit of a trekkie

-Infinite
 (Merril Weiner)

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