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Old April 16th 09, 05:50 AM posted to sci.space.policy
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"NASA risked the wrath of millions of comedy fans
across cosmos on Tuesday, announcing it had named
the International Space Station's next module
"Tranquility.""

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Old April 16th 09, 12:49 PM posted to sci.space.policy
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In sci.space.policy message o6-dnQnFMKDboHvUnZ2dnUVZ_tqdnZ2d@earthlink.
com, Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:03:30, "Greg D. Moore (Strider)" mooregr_dele
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"Dr J R Stockton" wrote in message
. invalid...
The module may now become burdened with the name of a second-rate self-
publicist, when it could have been named after, for example, the famous
European astrodynamicist Moriarty.

Remind me again why an American module should be named after some
European most Americans have never heard of?


As an educational experience. I rather think by your reply that you
yourself do not know who I am referring to (BTW: James M, not Jim M).


Obviously as my other posts show, I do.


You obviously do *now*.

One of my write-in suggestions, Moore, would not have satisfied the
principle of not using names referring to living persons (Moriarty would
have doubly satisfied that); but my write-in of Clarke, in one form or
another, would alas have done so.

The latter is one of the only two qualifying Englishmen I can
immediately think of who consistently have used the US style of name,
with the minor initial and two names; NASA would probably have omitted
the well-earned honorific, so that the honoree would sound like an
American.

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Old April 16th 09, 06:38 PM posted to sci.space.policy
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Dr J R Stockton wrote:
You obviously do *now*.

One of my write-in suggestions, Moore, would not have satisfied the
principle of not using names referring to living persons (Moriarty would
have doubly satisfied that); but my write-in of Clarke, in one form or
another, would alas have done so.

The latter is one of the only two qualifying Englishmen I can
immediately think of who consistently have used the US style of name,
with the minor initial and two names; NASA would probably have omitted
the well-earned honorific, so that the honoree would sound like an
American.


I think the basic concept on naming ISS modules is to avoid all names of
individuals, so as to add to the international aspect of its design.
So you end up with names like "Harmony" and "Tranquility", which make it
sound like the station is on Prozac. :-)

Pat
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Old April 17th 09, 01:24 AM posted to sci.space.policy,alt.usenet.legends.lester-mosley
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"Pat Flannery" wrote in message
dakotatelephone...


I think the basic concept on naming ISS modules is to avoid all names of
individuals, so as to add to the international aspect of its design.
So you end up with names like "Harmony" and "Tranquility", which make it
sound like the station is on Prozac. :-)



They should look in the yellow pages
There's a lot of non individual names in there

mk5000

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Old April 29th 09, 07:06 AM posted to sci.space.policy
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Default NASA to unveil space station name on Colbert show

Btw... Here's a quote from Cliff May in tonight's Jon Stewart
interview on tortu

"Literally, this is the best conversation I have had on this subject
anywhere."
"And I've had it on CNN and I've had it on Fox. This is the best one
by far, because it's the most honest and the most open."

(With Jon Stewart's reply being, "Here's why... Those places suck.")


~ CT
 




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