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Normally, I do not forward NASA internal announcements.  They have
stamps like:
   It is intended for INTERNAL agency use only.  (This line came from 1)

You may think everything NASA does is in the public domain, but the
public also means your neighbor's privacy (like if your neighbor is
Rockwell, Boeing, etc., did I say competitors? ;-)  SO when people
ask to see NASA internal discussion groups, WE HAVE TO SAY NO!

NOW, I know how sentimental some of you guys are, so I post this press
release for you.  Have a field day, and good luck.

From the Rock of Ages Home for Retired Hackers:

--eugene miya, NASA Ames Research Center, eugene@ames-aurora.ARPA
  "You trust the `reply' command with all those different mailers out there?"
  "Send mail, avoid follow-ups.  If enough, I'll summarize."
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Subject: SHUTTLE ORBITER-NAMING COMPETITION ANNOUNCED
Cynthia Buck
NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
(Phone:  202/453-8400)                             March 30, 1988

Jay P. Goldman
Council of Chief State School Officers
(Phone:  202/393-8161)

RELEASE:  88-46

SHUTTLE ORBITER-NAMING COMPETITION ANNOUNCED


    The National Aeronautics and Space Administration in 
cooperation with the Council of Chief State School Officers 
(CCSSO) today issued the announcement of opportunity for 
America's students to participate in a national competition to 
name NASA's replacement Space Shuttle orbiter, scheduled to make 
its premiere flight in early 1992.

    The announcement invites teachers to enter their students in 
the orbiter-naming competition and provides an order form for 
obtaining an entry packet.  Entry packets with instructions, 
describing competition rules and judging criteria, will be 
available in early May.

    The new orbiter, designated OV 105, is under construction by 
Rockwell International in California and is scheduled for 
completion in April 1991.

    The announcement states, "The Orbiter-Naming Program responds 
to a basic human impulse to name things....  NASA's first 
orbiters were named after sea vessels used in research and 
exploration....  The tradition of naming an orbiter after an 
exploratory or research sea vessel will be continued with OV 
105."

    The name chosen should not only identify an American 
spacecraft but also should capture the spirit of America's 
mission in space.  In honor of the seven crew members lost in the 
Challenger accident, the name Challenger has been retired.
   
    To enter, elementary and secondary school students will form 
teams and research a name.  Each team will prepare a related 
classroom project to support and justify the name selected.

    The team's project must be interdisciplinary and may serve as 
a pilot project for future classroom activities.  Orbiter-naming 
projects are to be completed during the 1988 fall semester, and 
entries must be postmarked by Dec. 31, 1988.

    Each team will have a coordinator who must be a member of the 
school faculty and will be responsible for directing the team's 
activities and submitting the official program entry packet for 
judging.

    There will be two entry divisions:  Division one will include 
kindergarten through 6th grade and Division two 7th through 12th 
grade.

    Students in public and private schools in the United States 
and U.S. territories, Department of Defense overseas dependents' 
schools, Department of State schools and Bureau of Indian Affairs 
schools are eligible to participate.

    Each state, territory and agency will announce one winner in 
each division in March 1989.  NASA will announce the final winner 
from each division and the name selected for the orbiter in May 
1989.

    Each entry will receive recognition for the team's 
participation.  State, territory and agency division winners will 
receive special Awards of Recognition.  Representatives of the 
national winning teams will receive an expense-paid visit to a 
NASA-related event.

    In addition, NASA's Educational Affairs Division will conduct 
a School Involvement Program for each of the winning schools.  
NASA personnel will visit the schools and classrooms, and special 
events will honor the students and their team coordinators, the 
faculty, parents and community members who guided and assisted 
their orbiter-naming projects.

    House Joint Resolution 559, introduced March 10, 1986 by 
Congressman Tom Lewis (R-Florida), called for the name of the 
replacement orbiter to be selected from suggestions submitted by 
students.

    On June 8, 1987, Dr. James C. Fletcher, administrator of 
NASA, announced the program for students to recommend names to 
NASA for the Space Shuttle orbiter to replace the Challenger.

    On Oct. 30, 1987, Congress authorized the NASA Administrator 
to select a name for the new orbiter "from among suggestions 
submitted by students in elementary and secondary schools." 
         
    Announcements of opportunity will be distributed to 
elementary and secondary teachers and principals.  The 
announcements also will be distributed to educators on NASA's 
Educational Affairs mailing list, to educational organizations 
and professional associations and to NASA field center education 
offices and Teacher Resource Centers.

    To request an entry packet for the Orbiter-Naming Program, 
teachers should contact:

    NASA Orbiter-Naming Program
    Council of Chief State School Officers
    Suite 300
    400 North Capitol Street, N.W.
    Washington, D.C.  20001

    (Phone:  202/783-5109)
            (202/783-5113)