credmond@watmath.UUCP (Chris Redmond) (02/05/86)
In article <2911@ut-ngp.UUCP> dlnash@ut-ngp.UUCP (Donald L. Nash) writes: > >_Endeavour_ would be a good name, but not _Challenger_. Call me >sentimental, but when a ship is destroyed, its name should not used >again. To me, that would almost be like saying "Well, it blew up. Oh, >well, we'll just make a new one and everything will be OK." As for How about Challenger II? > >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. I like the >idea of naming 7 of the newly discovered moons of Uranus after the >astronauts. > As I understand it, all geographical features on Venus are named after women. (Could somebody give us a list of a few of the major ones?) CAR