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From: dsmith@hplabsb.UUCP (David Smith)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Shuttle orbiter-naming competition
Message-ID: <4831@hplabsb.UUCP>
Date: 26 Jul 88 19:08:30 GMT
References: <11378@ames.arc.nasa.gov> <44700004@pyr1.cs.ucl.ac.uk> <877@lakesys.UUCP>
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In article <877@lakesys.UUCP>, tomk@lakesys.UUCP (Tom Kopp) writes:
> In article <44700004@pyr1.cs.ucl.ac.uk>, william@pyr1.cs.ucl.ac.uk writes:
> 
> [talk about naming the next Shuttle preceeds this message] 
> > Bob sounds fine to me.  Also, Falcon was mentioned as an Apollo 15
> > name - was that a research ship?  Of course, if NASA is really keen
> > on getting popular approval, it could modify this to Millenium Falcon.
> > And we could do the Launch to LEO in under 12 parsecs!
>                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>       
> ....I hate to say it, but last time I looked, 'parsec' was a unit of length,
> specifically 3.26 light years. B-)

It is.  William humorously paraphrased Han Solo, who bragged about
the Millenium Falcon's speed by saying (roughly), "Fast?  You're talking
about the ship that made the <planet name> run in under 12 parsecs!"
-- 

			David Smith
			HP Labs
			dsmith@hplabs.hp.com