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Old December 14th 07, 02:41 AM posted to sci.space.history
John Halpenny
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Default New manned Moon lander is named "Altair".

On Dec 13, 8:23 pm, Pat Flannery wrote:


I'm still suspicious of that Ares name; it's very odd for a civilian
spacecraft, unless the reference is to Mars, the Roman god of war.

Let's see....its butt ugly and emits foul-smelling gasses. It was
named by a dyslexic Brit.

John Halpenny