Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: Shuttle orbiter-naming competition
Message-ID: <1988Jul18.233226.19854@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <11378@ames.arc.nasa.gov> <46000001@hobbiton> <8807121414.AA00973@tango.db.toronto.edu>
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 88 23:32:26 GMT

In article <8807121414.AA00973@tango.db.toronto.edu> hogg@db.toronto.edu (John Hogg) writes:
>Given the current interest in crew safety, how about ``Endurance''?
>For those who miss the reference, this was Shackleton's vessel on his
>1914 expedition to Antarctica.  It was crushed in the ice, and a
>phenomenal story of seamanship followed...

Given the current interest in crew safety, how about avoiding names
associated with such near-disasters?  Remember what Amundsen said:
"Adventure is a sign of incompetence."
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