Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!bellcore!rutgers!gatech!bloom-beacon!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!ssc-vax!adolph From: adolph@ssc-vax.UUCP (Mark C. Adolph) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: Shuttle orbiter-naming competition Message-ID: <2082@ssc-vax.UUCP> Date: 11 Jul 88 20:48:02 GMT References: <11378@ames.arc.nasa.gov> <772@noao.UUCP> <5402@dasys1.UUCP> <2285@sugar.UUCP> Organization: Boeing Aerospace Corp., Seattle WA Lines: 17 Somehow I like "Terra Nova", Scott's ship, although there are a few negative connotations to it (the entire expedition died on the way back from the pole). The name, when translated from the Latin (?) means "new world", which is appropriate. He was a reasonably successful explorer of a hostile environment (Antarctic/Space) funded by the public (Royal Geographic Society/NASA) engaged in a race with a foreign explorer (Norway/Soviet Union). Significantly, although experiments were done aboard ship, it was primarily a means to get to the place where the real work would be done. And after all, isn't that what Space Transportation System is all about? -- -- Mark A. ...uw-beaver!ssc-vax!adolph