Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!bellcore!faline!thumper!karn From: karn@thumper.bellcore.com (Phil R. Karn) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: Shuttle orbiter-naming competition Summary: terra nova Message-ID: <1223@thumper.bellcore.com> Date: 12 Jul 88 20:26:56 GMT References: <11378@ames.arc.nasa.gov> <772@noao.UUCP> <5402@dasys1.UUCP> <2082@ssc-vax.UUCP> Organization: Bell Communications Research, Inc Lines: 9 > Somehow I like "Terra Nova", Scott's ship... > ...The name, when translated from the Latin (?) means "new world", > which is appropriate... And "nova" in Spanish means "(it) doesn't go", which seems even more appropriate as a space shuttle name. Phil (a Nova owner)