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From: danb@tesla.UUCP (Dan Blumenthal)
Newsgroups: net.columbia
Subject: Re: Don't rename net.columbia
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Date: Sun, 2-Feb-86 00:44:43 EST
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In article <> ark@alice.UucP (Andrew Koenig) writes:
>I think that the newsgroup for discussing space flight
>should be named after one of its most spectacular successes,
>rather than one of its most spectacular disasters.
>
>Would you change net.aviation to net.hindenburg or net.tenerife?
>Net.rec.boats to net.titanic?
>
>While we should learn from our failures,
>we should not allow them to blind us to our achievements.


I agree, and am surprised that more people don't feel the
same way. I strongly doubt that we will forget this incident,
and I'm sure the Challenger will be referred to constantly
in this group. It's one thing to put up a memorial, and it's
another thing to name a discussion group after a tragedy.