Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site watcgl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!watnot!watcgl!sahayman From: sahayman@watcgl.UUCP (Steve Hayman) Newsgroups: net.columbia Subject: Why not paint the shuttles in individual colour schemes? Message-ID: <2603@watcgl.UUCP> Date: Fri, 4-Oct-85 02:02:27 EDT Article-I.D.: watcgl.2603 Posted: Fri Oct 4 02:02:27 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 4-Oct-85 06:55:59 EDT Reply-To: sahayman@watcgl.UUCP (Steve Hayman) Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 26 It occurred to me while watching the maiden launch of Atlantis that most shuttle launches look very similar. Why not paint each shuttle in some sort of a distinctive scheme that you could spot from a long distance? Atlantis, for instance, could be done in some sort of scheme suggesting waves, maybe by adding blue stripes or something. Maybe there could be a big contest to choose an appropriate design for each shuttle. Of course there may be technical reasons why the entire body of the shuttle could not be coloured, but even painting some stripes or some sort of logo on the tail would be a public relations boost. Small boys (and girls) enjoy spotting the differences between railroad locomotives, airplanes and cars. Why not space vehicles too? Distinctive paint schemes would remove some of the sameness of every launch. NASA is welcome to use this idea if they give me a ride. Or if they name the next orbiter "Steve". I think a fleet of Enterprise, Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis and Steve has a nice ring to it. Steve Hayman University of Waterloo watmath!watcgl!sahayman Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com