Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!ames!ncar!boulder!sunybcs!bingvaxu!leah!itsgw!batcomputer!cornell!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!jl3j+ From: jl3j+@andrew.cmu.edu (John Robert Leavitt) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: Shuttle orbiter-naming competition (Forwarded) Message-ID:Date: 16 Jul 88 03:25:36 GMT Organization: Carnegie Mellon Lines: 40 In-Reply-To: <2285@sugar.UUCP> THE BEAGLE!!!! my thoughts, exactly. Look at the past names: Enterprise (the never-was shuttle) Columbia Challenger Discovery Atlantis What we have here is a rather "snooty" sounding bunch of names. The BEAGLE, while undeniably appropriate, might bring the shuttle program a little more (pardon the term) down to Earth. Grandeur wears thin after a while, especially when it blows up. Another useful thing: A tlantis B eagle C olumbia D iscovery (& E nterprise, if you must) Seems logical to me (of course that means there can't be a Calypso until Columbia is, um, retired). -John. | US-Snail: 5877 Bartlett Street | "And for you, Elric, there is | | Apt. #2, Pittsburgh, PA 15217 | less reward than the rest may | | E-Mail: jl3j@andrew.cmu.edu | hope for." | | Phone: (412) 421-4002 | -Elric of Melnibone |