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From: credmond@watmath.UUCP (Chris Redmond)
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Subject: Craters on Venus; Name of New Shuttle
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Date: Wed, 5-Feb-86 09:13:03 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb  5 09:13:03 1986
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In article <2911@ut-ngp.UUCP> dlnash@ut-ngp.UUCP (Donald L. Nash) writes:
>
>_Endeavour_ would be a good name, but not _Challenger_.  Call me
>sentimental, but when a ship is destroyed, its name should not used
>again.  To me, that would almost be like saying "Well, it blew up.  Oh,
>well, we'll just make a new one and everything will be OK."  As for

How about Challenger II?

>
>BTW, did the Russians run out of craters on Venus or what?  Surely they
>could find 5 more to name after the men abord the shuttle.  I like the
>idea of naming 7 of the newly discovered moons of Uranus after the
>astronauts.
>
 
As I understand it, all geographical features on Venus are named after
women.  (Could somebody give us a list of a few of the major ones?)

  CAR