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From: rhi@druxu.UUCP (IrvingR)
Newsgroups: net.columbia
Subject: Re: Don't rename net.columbia
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Date: Fri, 31-Jan-86 18:06:44 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan 31 18:06:44 1986
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I agree - let's leave it as net.columbia;  because Columbia
was the first, was victorious in its first mission and was
celebrated around the world as a great triumph for the US
and man's exploration of space.  Those who so tragically died
in the Challenger are certainly heroes of man's quest to touch
the stars, as are all astronauts, and deserve to be remembered
as such.  The name net.columbia continues to commemorate man's
hard but ultimately triumphant journey into space; to change
to net.challenger would not honour our space heroes, both living
and dead, as they deserve.

Rich Irving		druxu!rhi	mhuxm!rhib

"Victory at all costs... For without victory, there is no survival."
					Winston Churchill