On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 19:38:28 -0600, Pat Flannery
wrote:

I think "Aquarius" would be a nice nod to Apollo XIII: after
"Aquarius" Mark I's performance, doing everything in the mission except
land, it a Mark II deserves a chance to land.


I doubt if NASA is going to name or do anything in relation to the
number 13 ever again.

Why? They *loved* the publicity Ron Howard's movie gave them. All they
had to do was announce, "we're naming it after the LEM that went above
and beyond specs to save the crew of Apollo 13 when it mothership
"Odyssey" went kaput.)

Now, "Odyssey" better hadn't darken anyone's door again anytime soon.
I'm still suspicious of SeaLaunch, and look what happened to that ship
on "Deep Space Nine"... :-)

And of course, that pipedream schedule that NASA released a while back
showed the first landing being Orion 13.

You note that there never was a STS-13...the mission was called STS-41C
instead... but guess which orbiter flew it?

But the actual 13th flight was made by Discovery.

Brian