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Re: Naming the space station.

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From: Mike Smithwick
Date: Mon, 23 May 1988 15:45
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In article <5568@cup.portal.com> Daniel_C_Anderson@cup.portal.com writes:
>I second  motion to name a Space Station after the late and
>sincerely lamented Robert A. Heinlein.

If the space-station was named the "Robert A. Heinlein", would it
be called "Bob" for short?? 

By the way, the list of names I posted is the working list by the 
naming committee. They are not accepting any new names as of last week.

"Roger Houston, Space Station Bob 1, copies. . . ."



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From: mike@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Mike Smithwick)
Newsgroups: sci.space,sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Naming the space station.
Message-ID: <9207@ames.arc.nasa.gov>
Date: 23 May 88 15:45:44 GMT
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