Next Space Ship Name => CALYPSO

"Brian Thorn" wrote in message
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Apollo 16's "Casper" bucks the trend.

Brian

As does Apollo 10's 'Charlie Brown'....


DK

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Dave Kenworthy
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Changes aren't permanent - but change is!

If they are reusable, NASA will probably assign names such as Columbia and
Atlantis. "Calypso" was among the names proposed for the fifth Space
Shuttle, but the name "Endeavour" was chosen after a competition by United
States grade school children.

I am relieved they didnt choose calypso. Imagine the C concers for the
astronauts familys

"Hallerb" wrote:
I am relieved they didnt choose calypso. Imagine the C concers for the
astronauts familys

Fortunately... astronauts and their families have far more intelligence than
that to be worried about a *letter*.

Seriously... we don't worry about black cats or broken mirrors either.

tongue-in-cheek Maybe management should? /tongue-in-cheek

Roger
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Roger Balettie
former Flight Dynamics Officer
Space Shuttle Mission Control
http://www.balettie.com/

Fortunately... astronauts and their families have far more intelligence than
that to be worried about a *letter*

The most intelligentn person I EVER met was a hubble controller. Believe it or
not he was superstitious. Remarked the ONLY shuttle launch he didnt watch in
real time was challenger. We talked of superstions.

Even intelligent folks believe in such things or perhaps they are so smart
stuff like that just makes them wonder?

"Roger Balettie" wrote in message
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"Hallerb" wrote:
I am relieved they didnt choose calypso. Imagine the C concers for the
astronauts familys

Fortunately... astronauts and their families have far more intelligence
than
that to be worried about a *letter*.

Seriously... we don't worry about black cats or broken mirrors either.

tongue-in-cheek Maybe management should? /tongue-in-cheek

Roger
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Roger Balettie
former Flight Dynamics Officer
Space Shuttle Mission Control
http://www.balettie.com/

Roger, it's called a Killfile - if you killfile Chicken Little like most
other people, you won't see his 'reespnosez' and we won't see any replies.


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Alan Erskine
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not the fifteen GWB proposes.
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