Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!umd5!mimsy!aplcen!aplcomm!stdc.jhuapl.edu!jwm From: jwm@stdc.jhuapl.edu (James W. Meritt) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: Space shuttle name. Message-ID: <236@aplcomm.UUCP> Date: 14 Apr 88 12:57:27 GMT References: <7340@ames.arpa> <6687@ames.arpa> <191800004@trsvax> <1785@ur-tut.UUCP> <4943@pucc.Princeton.EDU> Sender: news@aplcomm.UUCP Reply-To: jwm@stdc.jhuapl.edu.UUCP (James W. Meritt) Organization: The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Lines: 14 In article <4943@pucc.Princeton.EDU> ICEMAN@pucc.Princeton.EDU writes: >I thought NASA has already decided to let school children name it, and that >it ought to be named after a famous research vessel. So isn't the net >discussion here academic anyway? Partly not. Judging by the tone and content of some of the postings, this discussion is probably feeding directly to that community! Disclaimer: Individuals have opinions, organizations have policy. Therefore, these opinions are mine and not any organizations! Q.E.D. jwm@aplvax.jhuapl.edu 128.244.65.5