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From: sultan@bu-ast.bu.edu (Peter Sultan)
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Subject: Re: Nameplates on space probes
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Date: 8 Nov 90 23:27:33 GMT
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There have been several `nameplates' on US space probes.
I suspect that `Posterity' is the usual reason.  How many
people are going to read the "We came in peace..." plaque
on the Apollo 11 LEM?   The recently launched CRRES satellite
has a plate affixed to it in memory of Stan Shawhan, the
Director of NASA's Space Science division who died last June.

                            - Peter Sultan
                              BU Astronomy