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From: mrgofor@mmm.UUCP (MKR)
Newsgroups: net.columbia
Subject: Re: A new Shuttle: What Name?
Message-ID: <495@mmm.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 12-Feb-86 15:53:30 EST
Article-I.D.: mmm.495
Posted: Wed Feb 12 15:53:30 1986
Date-Received: Sat, 15-Feb-86 03:29:21 EST
References: <6372@utzoo.UUCP> <677@ttidcb.UUCP>
Reply-To: mrgofor@mmm.UUCP (MKR)
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In article <677@ttidcb.UUCP> cushner@ttidcb.UUCP (Jeffrey Cushner) writes:
>
>Then why hasn't anyone named a craft the USS Titanic or the USS
>Hindenburgh(sp), for example?

Neither of those vehicles were American. I suspect the notoriety of the
circumstances surrounding the demise of any craft is taken into account
when re-using a name. There's nothing that says there *couldn't* be a
new Titanic, but I suspect passengers might be hard to find. :-)

--MKR