Name for the next shuttle

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From: John Williams 223-3402
Date: Wed, 05 Feb 1986 16:17

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	How about Icarus?

	You know, the greek mythological man who tried to fly to
the sun on wings of wax?

	It would be a pleasant change from all the previous
gung ho hypola. It might also symbolize how difficult this thing
really is in the midst of human failure.

	What is needed to prevent this from happening in the future
are better nondestructive test methods. There exists an extra dimension
with the shuttle in that the components are reused. They obviously need
to be requalified before each mission. 100%. Those things go through
quite a thermal and stress cycle.

						John.

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