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From: ashby@uiucdcsp.CS.UIUC.EDU
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Subject: Re: Why not paint the shuttles in indiv
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Date: Sun, 6-Oct-85 20:40:00 EDT
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The primary reason they stopped painting the booster was to save
money.  I forget how much they saved.  Secondary was the fact 
that the vehicle weighed less.

I, too, think it would be nice to individualize each shuttle.
Currently the only way to tell the difference is to read the
name off the ship.  However, I am not sure I would want the
govt spending money just to make it look nicer.  Of course,
if some private group raised the money, that would be fine.

Maybe NASA could even make some extra money by selling ad space
on the orbiters.  After all, cities are doing this with their
bus fleets, and raising a lot of money.  And their is some 
precedence for commercializing the shuttle.  If you remember,
a recent flight carried coke and pepsi aboard.  The possibilities
boggle the senses!

The kids could then refer to the shuttles as (get ready):

Pepsi Challenger
Columbia Moviers
Atlantis Braves
New Coke Discovery
Free Enterprise

Any other ideas?