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From: carl@bdaemon.UUCP (carl)
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Subject: Re: A vote against net.challenger - reasons included
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Date: Mon, 3-Feb-86 10:19:17 EST
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> I agree with Curtis and I am glad he had the guts to stand up
> and say what he did.
> 
> I don't think anyone questions the scope of tragedy in the
> lost of the Challenger, and, yes, it is fitting to show
> our respect and commemorate its crew and engineers who
> created it, but, in addition to Curtis' objections,
> renaming net.columbia is a token thing.  The name net.columbia
> was intended as a respectful commemoration of the (non-tragic)
> Columbia, the first shuttle -- the `pioneer' shuttle!  Let
> us not dispose of *that* memory!
> 
Thank heavens there are a few sensible people left in the world.  The
rush to change net.columbia to net.challenger strikes me as being the
result of an emotional and immature response to something few if any
of us understand.  Past experience has shown that decisions made under such
circumstances have almost always been regretted after reason once again
replaced emotion.