CP>PL>PA> implying that in the Star Trek universe the starship was named in 
hono
CP>PL>PA> of the space shuttle.
CP>PL>You forgot to mention the sailing ship, and the 2 aircraft
CP>PL>carriers, so you'r 'implication is shot down.
CP>PL>The shuttle is merely part of the liniage, there is no way
CP>PL>the original could have been named after the shuttle, as
CP>PL>that program did not begin until after 1970. And the naming
CP>PL>did not occure until 1978 or 79.
CP>Actually, he is'nt trying to say that the Eeterprise (NCC-1701) as part of
CP>the TV show was named for  the Space Shuttle. What he is getting at is
CP>looking at it in the Trek Universe.  The USS Enterprise,NCC-1701, was 
amed
CP>for an old (our time) early Earth Spacecraft.
However, since precognition doesn't work even in the Trek mythos,
that's impossible, too. }:)  It was just the traditionally naval
Enterprise, not any sort of space craft that hadn't even been fully
conceived yet, much less named. 
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