Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!bellcore!rutgers!mit-eddie!ll-xn!ames!nrl-cmf!cmcl2!phri!dasys1!tneff From: tneff@dasys1.UUCP (Tom Neff) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: Shuttle orbiter-naming competition (Forwarded) Message-ID: <5441@dasys1.UUCP> Date: 11 Jul 88 16:26:27 GMT References: <11378@ames.arc.nasa.gov> <772@noao.UUCP> <5402@dasys1.UUCP> <2285@sugar.UUCP> Reply-To: tneff@dasys1.UUCP (Tom Neff) Organization: Independent Users Guild Lines: 29 In article <2285@sugar.UUCP> peter@sugar.UUCP (Peter da Silva) writes: >In article <5402@dasys1.UUCP>, tneff@dasys1.UUCP (Tom Neff) writes: >> OK, so NASA wants to name the new Orbiter after a research/exploration >> ocean vessel. > >> So we're left, mostly, with American and (tamer) British names. It >> would be nice to see a list of candidates. > >How about "Endeavour"? This was the vessel in which Captain James Cook >discovered the east coast of Australia (and ended the Dreamtime). Joseph >Banks was the chief scientist (naturalist) on board. Clearly an odds-on favorite, except you wonder if NASA would keep the Anglicized "ou" spelling. Between that and the "ea" this would be the most misspelled shuttle name on this net, by a country mile. :-) >Or, how about the "Beagle"? Again, a super name EXCEPT that the darn Orbiter looks too much like a beagle already! This would almost certainly be seen as whimsical by the public at large and "Snoopy" would be the guaranteed nickname. I would get a hoot out of it personally but NASA would have a cow. I am going to look at a naval exploration book this evening and see if there are any terrific candidates at hand. -- Tom Neff UUCP: ...!cmcl2!phri!dasys1!tneff "None of your toys CIS: 76556,2536 MCI: TNEFF will function..." GEnie: TOMNEFF BIX: t.neff (no kidding)