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From: sandra%defun.utah.edu@wasatch.UUCP (Sandra J Loosemore)
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Subject: Re: New Shuttle Name
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Date: 25 Mar 89 15:30:40 GMT
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Hmmm, I guess Cook must be a popular subject among school kids.  I
found it a little surprising that the names on the list were primarily
those of *British* ships.  I suspect that, if the contest had been
held three years from now, the most popular nominations would have
been Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria!  On the other hand, I suppose there
would be an uproar if they named the shuttle something like Mirnyi or
Kainan Maru. 

Two other striking omissions from the list: Beagle (made famous by
Darwin) and Fram (sailed by Nansen and Sverdrup in the Arctic and
Amundsen in the Antarctic). 

-Sandra Loosemore (sandra@cs.utah.edu)