Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!killer!ames!ncar!boulder!sunybcs!rutgers!mcnc!ecsvax!cjl From: cjl@ecsvax.uncecs.edu (Charles Lord) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: Shuttle orbiter-naming competition (Forwarded) Summary: Beagle, of course Message-ID: <5378@ecsvax.uncecs.edu> Date: 10 Jul 88 03:31:59 GMT References: <11378@ames.arc.nasa.gov> <772@noao.UUCP> <5402@dasys1.UUCP> Organization: Triangle R&D Corp,RTP,NC Lines: 18 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 Cary, NC cjl@ecsvax.BITNET Bitnet #include#include