hamachi@ucbvax.UUCP (02/13/86)
>>> BTW, did the Russians run out of craters on Venus or what? Surely they >>> could find 5 more to name after the men abord the shuttle. >> >>It is the policy of Soviet map-makers to exclusively label features on >>Venus with feminine names. > >I don't think it is very appropriate to honor the dead astronauts by naming >a crater after them! You know what causes a crater, don't you? Something >splats into the ground while travelling at a very high rate of speed. Why is it at all appropriate for the Soviets to be naming features on Venus? I thought NASA had the first radar imaging data from Venus, and hence first crack at giving names to craters.