wagner@utcs.uucp (Michael Wagner) (02/07/86)
In article <1261@utai.UUCP> nunes@utai.UUCP (Joe) writes: >> 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. That does seem to make a certain kind of sense. Is it only the Soviets that have this habit? If so, does anyone know why? Michael Wagner (utcs!wagner)