Names of lost Space Shuttles and Apollo modules

Hi,

Just an interesting note:

Apollo 11's Command Module's name, the first manned expedition to land
on the moon, was named Columbia...

Apollo 17's Lunar Module's name, the last manned expedition to land on
the moon, was named Challenger...

No conspiration bull****, just a remark... No need either to ask
"So?"... That's all there is! That's the point of trivia!

On 5 Dec 2003 04:30:28 -0800, (Remy Villeneuve)
wrote:

Apollo 11's Command Module's name, the first manned expedition to land
on the moon, was named Columbia...

Apollo 17's Lunar Module's name, the last manned expedition to land on
the moon, was named Challenger...

"Endeavour" (Apollo 15 CM / OV-105) is still with us.

Brian

"Brian Thorn" wrote:
On 5 Dec 2003 04:30:28 -0800, (Remy Villeneuve)
wrote:

Apollo 11's Command Module's name, the first manned expedition to land
on the moon, was named Columbia...

Apollo 17's Lunar Module's name, the last manned expedition to land on
the moon, was named Challenger...

"Endeavour" (Apollo 15 CM / OV-105) is still with us.

Way to jinx the Shuttle program, Brian. Now throw salt over your shoulder
every blue moon til we return there;-)

Doh, and don't mention the other two by name.

--

Daniel
http://www.challengerdisaster.info
Mount Charleston, not Charleston, SC

In article 64eAb.23181$ZE1.8135@fed1read04, Charleston wrote:

Way to jinx the Shuttle program, Brian. Now throw salt over your shoulder
every blue moon til we return there;-)

Didn't you listen to Harrison Schmidt? The moon's not blue, it's
orange...

Doh, and don't mention the other two by name.

I'm sorry, but if you're wanting something to have a nice, stable,
well-recorded operational life and not to vanish without trace at the
end of it, well, calling it Atlantis is arguably not a promising start
;-)

--
-Andrew Gray

Andrew Gray wrote:


I'm sorry, but if you're wanting something to have a nice, stable,
well-recorded operational life and not to vanish without trace at the
end of it, well, calling it Atlantis is arguably not a promising start
;-)

"The Titanic Hindenburg"- now _there's_ a name for a shuttle; failing
that, then maybe "Swamp Castle"....or one of those charming names like
those that WW II bomber crews gave their planes..."Our Coffin #3" for
instance, or "Stairway to Heaven"... okay, it should be named after some
vehicle associated with exploration...How about "Italia" or "L'Oiseau
Blanc"? ;-)

Pat

"Andrew Gray" wrote in message
. ..

Didn't you listen to Harrison Schmidt? The moon's not blue, it's
orange...

Since it's made of cheese, it could be either colour, or both. Actually the
moon's pretty old, so I'd say most of it is grey by now.

"Pat Flannery" wrote in message
...


"The Titanic Hindenburg"- now _there's_ a name for a shuttle; failing
that, then maybe "Swamp Castle"....or one of those charming names like
those that WW II bomber crews gave their planes..."Our Coffin #3" for
instance, or "Stairway to Heaven"... okay, it should be named after some
vehicle associated with exploration...How about "Italia" or "L'Oiseau
Blanc"? ;-)

L'Elefant Blanc?

"Andrew Gray" wrote in message
. ..
In article 64eAb.23181$ZE1.8135@fed1read04, Charleston wrote:

Way to jinx the Shuttle program, Brian. Now throw salt over your
shoulder
every blue moon til we return there;-)

Didn't you listen to Harrison Schmidt? The moon's not blue, it's
orange...

Doh, and don't mention the other two by name.

I'm sorry, but if you're wanting something to have a nice, stable,
well-recorded operational life and not to vanish without trace at the
end of it, well, calling it Atlantis is arguably not a promising start
;-)

Can't argue with that logic. Alas I should have made that Discovery on my
own.

Personally I have always felt that they should have named one of the
orbiters Calypso.

With a lineage featuring a Titan-- Atlas how could they go wrong?
http://www.paleothea.com/MinorsA-E.html

I guess giving the French any credit for exploration of the ocean would have
been too much.

--

Daniel
http://www.challengerdisaster.info
Mount Charleston, not Charleston, SC