Science isn't about marketing, Space Shuttle was the perfect name
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If you want to keep getting funding for it, you'll approach it from the marketing side.
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? F marketing, the best way to get funding for it would be to set up a rivalry with an opponent working on a nearly identical program. war it is!!!
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please let scientist decide what is best for themselves and image
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Instead of being the centre of attention,
#RealScientists should be free to practice real science without fear of attack from#sciencefriction bought and paid for by the fine people @ the#heartlandinstitutehttps://wattsupwiththat.com/2017/12/07/case-closed-malicious-wuwt-troll-sees-police-show-up-at-his-door/ …
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"Starlighter featuring Richard Nixon" sounds like the name of a low-budget 70s sci fi TV show.
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Space Clipper -- sounds like haircuts in space Pegasus -- horses, even winged ones, are old tech Starlighter -- for lighting your space cigarettes. Glad he stuck to the original.
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Well, at least they named the first one Enterprise. :)pic.twitter.com/ApTwI8Z2GN
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The Starlighters were Marvin Berry's band that was playing the Enchantment Under the Sea dance at Hill Valley High School on Nov. 12, 1955.
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Always wondered how they ended up with a moniker as completely uninspiring as "Space Shuttle". But "Starlighter" is a little silly and "Pegasus" seems random. "Clipper" isn't bad, although the Shuttle was a little too ponderous for that to fit well... hmm! cc
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Thx for sharing this! My understanding is that "Space Clipper" had a lot of support, but Nixon rejected all candidates without much discussion. "Starlighter" works if you think of the nautical lighter (= flat-bottomed transport for moving supplies to ships offshore).
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Possible that Starlighter sounded too like Starfighter (ie F-104)
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Rocket McRocketFace
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I'm still disappointed they didn't go with "Space Steerage".
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In Huntsville, Alabama, we liked "space shuttle" just fine. I remember seeing a "Shuttle Shaker" tee shirt on a fellow who tested the shuttle for vibration damage.
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I don't hate Space Clipper, but Space Shuttle hits just the right note.
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