*** Quoting Peter Lutz to Mike Honig dated 01-23-98 ***
> MH> You remember incorrectly.
> MH> The first shuttle was named Enterprise after a massive write-in 
> campaign 
> MH> by ST fans. Of course it turned out the joke was on them..The 
> shuttle 
> MH> Enterprise was never intended to fly into space!
> MH> 
> Nope, the Star Trek ENTERPRISE was named after the Aircraft carriers.
> And it was known from the start the Enterprise Shuttle would not go 
> into space.
> Shuttle Enterprise waas named after Star Trek Enterprise, but it was 
> going to be so anyway because MANY NASA folks are Trek viewers.
> 
ON what authority do you make this statement? Unless you had close personal 
ties to someone at NASA, I stand by my recollection.
And while many folks knew that Enterprise was never going to go into orbit, 
those folks were NOT the ones burying NASA in requests to name it Enterprise.
Frankly, I'd like to see one of the first next-gen SSTO shuttles named 
Enterprise. Thatwould be fair. :)
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