MH> ON what authority do you make this statement? Unless you had close 
MH> personal ties to someone at NASA, I stand by my recollection.
Pretty much, I'm an avid space buff and at the time surrounded by KCS workers 
in my neighborhood, and read many of the NASA publications that were free for 
the asking. 
MH> Frankly, I'd like to see one of the first next-gen SSTO shuttles named 
MH> Enterprise. Thatwould be fair. :)
I'd like to see the first manned craft to another planet named Enterprise.
SSTO is too much like naming an aircraft. The name needs to be one for a 
'pathfinder'. In my opinion
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