New manned Moon lander is named "Altair".

On Dec 14, 6:42 am, Pat Flannery wrote:
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Pat

Altair? Why not Apple or Commodore?

:-)

On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:38:39 -0800 (PST), Neil Gerace
wrote:

On Dec 14, 6:42 am, Pat Flannery wrote:
Via NASA watch:http://www.nasawatch.com/archives/20..._to_the_m.html

Altair? Why not Apple or Commodore?

....Or 99/4A or VIC-20, for that matter?

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On Dec 14, 2:40 pm, OM wrote:
On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:38:39 -0800 (PST), Neil Gerace

wrote:
On Dec 14, 6:42 am, Pat Flannery wrote:
Via NASA watch:http://www.nasawatch.com/archives/20..._to_the_m.html
Altair? Why not Apple or Commodore?

...Or 99/4A or VIC-20, for that matter?


As long as we're in that era:

How about QDOS - quick and dirty orbiting spacecraft?

Altair? Why not Apple or Commodore?

...Or 99/4A or VIC-20, for that matter?



As long as we're in that era:

How about QDOS - quick and dirty orbiting spacecraft?

Or Atari 800... :-) I had one of those, and a ton of prrated SW.

Or call it EDLIN... :-)

Neil Gerace wrote:
On Dec 14, 6:42 am, Pat Flannery wrote:

Via NASA watch:http://www.nasawatch.com/archives/20..._to_the_m.html

Pat


Altair? Why not Apple or Commodore?


Why not Altaira?:
http://www.users.bigpond.com/russell...by_altaira.jpg

Pat ;-)


Pat
:-)

Neil Gerace wrote:
On Dec 14, 6:42 am, Pat Flannery wrote:
Via NASA watch:http://www.nasawatch.com/archives/20..._to_the_m.html

Pat

Altair? Why not Apple or Commodore?

Trash-80?

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