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1. Member
   DrewInWisconsin, Oaf

   @DrewInWisconsin

   11:26 AM EDT ⋅ Sep 14, 2021

   I’m still somewhat disappointed that “Enterprise” was the name given to the shuttle that never went into space.

2. Coolidge
   Roderic

   @rhfabian

   12:38 PM EDT ⋅ Sep 14, 2021

   Interesting take on the Ten Rings movie and Chicom politics. 

   Good stuff.

3. Inactive
   jorge espinha

   @jorgeespinha

   3:11 PM EDT ⋅ Sep 14, 2021

   J Ro (View Comment):

   It is a genuinely sad comment on American culture if it is true that Boomers at NASA chose the name Enterprise for a US spaceship because it was the name of a TV spaceship. I would like to think that at least some of those who recommended the name, and especially the older, more historically informed leaders at NASA were also aware that there is a long history of US ships named Enterprise. In fact the first was captured from the British, who have a great tradition of giving bad ass names (Furious, Vengeance, Nemesis, Terror) to their warships.

   It seems obvious to me, as it did when I was a young fan of the original Star Trek, that the TV spaceship was named after USS Enterprise, the first nuclear powered aircraft carrier, which was newly commissioned and busily making news around the globe during her first operational deployments just when writers were looking for a name for the TV spaceship.

   No doubt when the 9th USS Enterprise is commissioned in the near future, the poorly educated Star Trek fans will believe and claim that it was named after their favorite Starship. They really should “Get a life!”

   Edit: I’m going to leave this here, but I see now that I was listening to an old episode from June 15 because: New and “improved” Apple Podcast App. Sorry.

   Incredible but true. 

   https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_1204.html

4. Moderator
   Randy Weivoda

   @RandyWeivoda

   8:30 AM EDT ⋅ Sep 15, 2021

   DrewInWisconsin, Oaf (View Comment):

   I’m still somewhat disappointed that “Enterprise” was the name given to the shuttle that never went into space.

   None of them went far into space.  It looks like the maximum altitude of any of them was about 360 miles, which is not far when you consider that the moon is almost a quarter million miles away.

5. Coolidge
   kedavis

   @kedavis

   10:28 AM EDT ⋅ Sep 28, 2021

   2 days left for the second “episode” this month.

6. Admin
   Blue Yeti

   @BlueYeti

   11:57 AM EDT ⋅ Sep 28, 2021

   kedavis (View Comment):

   2 days left for the second “episode” this month.

   Thursday (and yes I know it’s the last day of the month). Was supposed to be tomorrow, but one of them had a last minute conflict. 

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   kedavis

   @kedavis

   8:13 PM EDT ⋅ Sep 30, 2021

   Do I detect an “oops?”

8. Admin
   Blue Yeti

   @BlueYeti

   11:40 PM EDT ⋅ Sep 30, 2021

   kedavis (View Comment):

   Do I detect an “oops?”

   Nope. 

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   kedavis

   @kedavis

   11:51 PM EDT ⋅ Sep 30, 2021

   Blue Yeti (View Comment):

   kedavis (View Comment):

   Do I detect an “oops?”

   Nope.

   I see it was posted 1 hour ago, which was 1:45am Eastern, 12:45am Central, October 1.  Still a loss. :-)

10. Admin
    Blue Yeti

    @BlueYeti

    10:04 AM EDT ⋅ Oct 1, 2021

    kedavis (View Comment):

    Blue Yeti (View Comment):

    kedavis (View Comment):

    Do I detect an “oops?”

    Nope.

    I see it was posted 1 hour ago, which was 1:45am Eastern, 12:45am Central, October 1. Still a loss. :-)

    But 10:45 PM PT. So a win. With an hour 15 to spare.

11. Thatcher
    WalterSobchakEsq

    @WalterSobchakEsq

    10:15 PM EST ⋅ Dec 5, 2021

    What was the closing song? I really liked it.

12. Coolidge
    kedavis

    @kedavis

    10:37 PM EST ⋅ Dec 5, 2021

    WalterSobchakEsq (View Comment):

    What was the closing song? I really liked it.

    Wasn’t that covered in an earlier comment?  “Anchorage” by Michelle Shocked.