Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!portal!cup.portal.com!Infinite From: Infinite@cup.portal.com Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: Shuttle orbiter-naming competition (Forwarded) Message-ID: <7278@cup.portal.com> Date: 12 Jul 88 18:46:33 GMT References: <11378@ames.arc.nasa.gov> <772@noao.UUCP> <5402@dasys1.UUCP> Organization: The Portal System (TM) Lines: 29 XPortal-User-Id: 1.1001.4030 >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) Falmes to : Infinite@cup.portal.com