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From: rcj@burl.UUCP (Curtis Jackson)
Newsgroups: net.columbia
Subject: Re: A new Shuttle: What Name?
Message-ID: <1024@burl.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 13-Feb-86 05:08:57 EST
Article-I.D.: burl.1024
Posted: Thu Feb 13 05:08:57 1986
Date-Received: Fri, 14-Feb-86 03:05:39 EST
References: <2911@ut-ngp.UUCP> <6372@utzoo.UUCP> <500@cisden.UUCP>
Reply-To: rcj@burl.UUCP (Curtis Jackson)
Organization: AT&T Technologies, Burlington NC
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Summary: 

In article <500@cisden.UUCP> lmc@cisden.UUCP (Lyle McElhaney) writes:
>> Keep in mind that the names of most of the shuttles
>> are the names of old sailing ships.  There is no taboo
>> against re-using the name of a ship that has been
>> lost, as far as I know.
>
>lore. Does anyone know the original derivation of Enterprise (*original*,
>not just WWII or Stardate 5566899...), Challenger, or Columbia? It says
>they were named after American warships and exploration vessels.
>
Enterprise was originally (I *think*, it's been a while) a clipper ship.
I do know for a fact that the current USS Enterprise aircraft carrier
is the 8th US ship by that name (I guess that makes Enterprise the shuttle
the 9th "ship" to carry the name).
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