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From: mears@hpindda.HP.COM (David B. Mears)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: New Shuttle Name
Message-ID: <3330018@hpindda.HP.COM>
Date: 29 Mar 89 21:21:30 GMT
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Organization: HP Information Networks, Cupertino, CA
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I took all the names listed as state winnners, sorted them, and counted
the number of occurances of each and they are listed below sorted in
reverse order by count.  You'll notice that if you count the two
spellings of `endeavor' as a single name, then it comes out far ahead of
the others.  If NASA's final choice is at all based on these numbers,
then it's not hard to guess what our next shuttle will be called.

BTW, it would sure be nice if someone were able to post status reports
on the building of the new shuttle like the one's Peter Yee has been
posting for the existing shuttles.  Anyone know if such a thing is
available anywhere?

David B. Mears
Hewlett-Packard
Cupertino CA
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  15 Endeavour
  15 Endeavor
  11 Resolution
  10 Victoria
   7 Nautilus
   7 Calypso
   5 Victory
   5 Phoenix
   5 Adventure
   3 Horizon
   3 Godspeed
   2 Deepstar
   1 Trieste
   1 Rising Star
   1 Polar Star
   1 Pathfinder
   1 North Star
   1 Investigator
   1 Griffin
   1 Endurance
   1 Eagle
   1 Dove
   1 Desire
   1 Chatham
   1 Blake