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From: mangoe@umcp-cs.UUCP (Charley Wingate)
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Subject: Re: A new Shuttle to replace Challenger: What Name?
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Date: Tue, 4-Feb-86 00:32:45 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb  4 00:32:45 1986
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In article <271@tolerant.UUCP> berry@tolerant.UUCP writes:

>> 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.

>	Resnik, McNair, or Jarvis.  To single out McAuliffe seems to
>	me to be supporting the attitude expressed by John Glenn,
>	that astronauts are different from civilians, (Because they're
>	paid for taking chances? I don't know!) and thus civilians
>	have no business being in space.  Poppycock.

Since the Russians have named a crater for her, I don't see that naming the
shuttle after her is such a pressing thing either; one of the good things
the media did (even though they played her upon a lot) was to impress upon
us the diversity of the crew, and it would be a bit unfair to the others to
single her out so dramatically.

I suggest a new shuttle should be named _Endeavour_.  It is a name Laden
with a history of scientific exploration, and it fits well with the other
names.  Or, if the remebrance is prefered, name the new shuttle _Challenger_.

C. Wingate