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From: jay@ncspm.ncsu.edu (Jay C. Smith)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Shuttle orbiter-naming competition (Forwarded)
Message-ID: <1095@ncspm.ncsu.edu>
Date: 13 Jul 88 18:42:46 GMT
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In article <5441@dasys1.UUCP> tneff@dasys1.UUCP (Tom Neff) writes:
>In article <2285@sugar.UUCP> peter@sugar.UUCP (Peter da Silva) writes:
>>How about "Endeavour"?
>
>Clearly an odds-on favorite, except you wonder if NASA would keep the
>Anglicized "ou" spelling.

I believe they did when the names "Falcon" and "Endeavour" were used
for, um, ah, was it Apollo 15?

Speaking of Apollo:  cast your mind back to Apollo 17 if you want a
good name for Challenger's replacement.  Its LM was named "Challenger,"
and the CSM was "America," which I think is an excellent name for a
shuttle.  The Apollo 17 namesakes may have been racing yachts, though.  
Was "America" ever the name of a ship of exploration?

-- 
"It's quiet out there.  Too quiet.    I always wanted to say that!"
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