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From: jay@imagen.UUCP (Jay Jaeckel)
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Subject: Re: A new Shuttle to replace Challenger
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Date: Fri, 31-Jan-86 23:29:56 EST
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> >
> > . . .
> >
> >I second this proposal.
> 
> 	I agree. renaming the group net.challenger is the least we can
> do to honor the crew and the program.  A side note: I heard on the news
> . . .
> Monday.  The public may not be able to raise the full 1.5 billion needed
> to replace Challenger, but even if we could raise 100 to 200 million, 
> Congress would at least be backed more into a corner to provide the 
> remainder.

Further thought:  Tragic though ALL seven deaths were, the teacher, the 
civilian, Christa McAuliffe, whom all the children were watching,
has stuck the hearts of the nation as the most tragic of all.
May I suggest that a new shuttle, once built, be named
the Space Shuttle McAuliffe.

					-- Jay Jaeckel
					...{ucbvax,decwrl}!imagen!jay

Disclaimers:  All the usual . . .