weemba@brahms.BERKELEY.EDU (Matthew P. Wiener) (02/02/86)
In article <4911@alice.UUCP> ark@alice.UucP (Andrew Koenig) writes: >I think that the newsgroup for discussing space flight >should be named after one of its most spectacular successes, >rather than one of its most spectacular disasters. But until Tuesday, the Challenger *was* one of its most spectacular successes. Perhaps a eulogy to the shuttle in addition to its crew is in order. I can only hope for one more belated and grim success, namely a renewed interest and commitment, both moral and financial, by our government and our people in the space program. One more vote for net.challenger. Or maybe net.challenger.7? ucbvax!brahms!weemba Matthew P Wiener/UCB Math Dept/Berkeley CA 94720
ark@alice.UucP (Andrew Koenig) (02/03/86)
> But until Tuesday, the Challenger *was* one of its most spectacular > successes. Perhaps a eulogy to the shuttle in addition to its crew > is in order. I can only hope for one more belated and grim success, > namely a renewed interest and commitment, both moral and financial, > by our government and our people in the space program. > One more vote for net.challenger. Or maybe net.challenger.7? Do you propose renaming the newsgroup again if another shuttle goes up in flames?
tohaapanen@watrose.UUCP (Tom Haapanen) (02/04/86)
Thinking logically, the newsgroup should be called net.shuttle, or net.space.shuttle. Net.columbia and net.challenger do not adequately describe the contents of the newsgroup. Or should we have net.benz (instead of net.auto), net.k&r (instead of net.lang.c) and so on? Let's stick to names that describe the newsgroups. \tom haapanen watmath!watrose!haapanen I'm all lost in the Supermarket I can no longer shop happily I came in here for that special offer Guaranteed personality (c) The Clash, 1979