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From: jlt@meccts.UUCP (James L. Thompson)
Newsgroups: net.columbia
Subject: Re: Don't rename net.columbia
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Date: Mon, 3-Feb-86 21:52:10 EST
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Posted: Mon Feb  3 21:52:10 1986
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In article <4911@alice.UUCP> 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.  The people who died on the Challenger have more than a few
memoriums dedicated to them.  They will not be forgotten.  If you want
to some good and prevent another Challenger disaster, write your
congressman or senator and get them to give NASA a workable budget.
People like Senator Proxmire are as much to blame for the deaths of
these people as any mechanical failure.  Don't let them die in vain.