Suggestion for New Shuttle Name

WLS-AM ^ | 02/03/03 | caller on WLS-AM

[SFConservative]

The Space Shuttle Enterprise (OV-101) already exists:

       

It's parked at Dulles Airport as part of an exhibit being constructed by the Smithsonian Institution.

[montag813]

"Infinite Crusade"

[montag813]

Things we now take for granted, like the common home smoke detector and cordless tools have grown out of technology derived from the space program.

Yes, but not primarily from the wasteful Shuttle program. This is, like "silverlizzard" said, a politically correct PR program and not real achievement as with the Mercury 7. Let's save the money from the doofy Shuttle trips ($600m per, i believe) and just built the inevitable "Moonbase Alpha" already. We can mine there all we want too, without any pesky wildlife to excite environmentalists to block it. And let's go to Mars already, enough of stupid orbits. Privatize contractors to fix hubble and other satellites. MARS! We can put all the Muslims there.

[cmsgop]

Thats The Winner!!!!!!

[Brett66]

I hope they can succeed in getting an OSP flying, but has NASA learned from the mistakes of the X-33? Will they fall into the same pattern again when attempting to build a next-gen shuttle?

[cmsgop]

Thats Funny, I had no idea.

When I was a Kid living in McLean,VA I went to Dullas with my parents to see it on display around '81 or '82

[section9]

For all you Heinlein fans:

Roger Young?

Mannerheim?

Be Seeing You,

Chris

[Constantine XIII]

The way the National Aerospace Plane just disappeared, I wonder if the military didn't snap it up. I wouldn't blame them. An intercontinental bomber that can go around the world, bomb something, and be home in time for dinner, flying higher and faster than anything except for our own spacecraft.

They call it the "Death Star" he he he

[Constantine XIII]

THIS is the way to go! Retire the shuttle with honor, and build something better and cheaper that produces usable resources!

[rogue yam]

Gen. Lee

[Redcloak]

That Enterprise was just a glider. We need an honest-to-goodness space vehicle named Enterprise!

(Something with a warp drive would be nice, but I'd settle for an orbiter.)