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From: don@umd5.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.columbia
Subject: Re: Re: A new Shuttle to replace Challenger
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Date: Mon, 3-Feb-86 11:16:27 EST
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Posted: Mon Feb  3 11:16:27 1986
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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
>> . . .
> 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

Surely you don't mean to cause Christa McAuliffe's parents any additional
grief by naming a working Shuttle after their daughter who died in an
accident? Besides, I hardly think they would approve of such a thing, in
any case. Consider the reminders your suggestion would hold .....


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