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| Mark R. Whittington |
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| Doug Haxton |
| Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2004 1:28 am |
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On Fri, 09 Jan 2004 05:49:33 GMT, "Mark R. Whittington"
<mwhittingt@sprynet.com> wrote:
Quote: Ar last, the new Age of Discovery bgeins.
I proposed the name for the first lunar settlement should be Georgetown.
Heinleintown.
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| Doug Haxton |
| Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2004 1:28 am |
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On Fri, 09 Jan 2004 05:49:33 GMT, "Mark R. Whittington"
<mwhittingt@sprynet.com> wrote:
Quote: Ar last, the new Age of Discovery bgeins.
I proposed the name for the first lunar settlement should be Georgetown.
Heinleintown.
Doug |
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| Rand Simberg |
| Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2004 1:57 am |
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On Fri, 09 Jan 2004 06:28:25 GMT, in a place far, far away, Doug
Haxton <dlhaxton@comcast.net> made the phosphor on my monitor glow in
such a way as to indicate that:
Quote: On Fri, 09 Jan 2004 05:49:33 GMT, "Mark R. Whittington"
mwhittingt@sprynet.com> wrote:
Ar last, the new Age of Discovery bgeins.
I proposed the name for the first lunar settlement should be Georgetown.
Heinleintown.
I doubt if Heinlein would have felt honored by having a government
facility named after him. |
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| Rand Simberg |
| Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2004 1:57 am |
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On Fri, 09 Jan 2004 06:28:25 GMT, in a place far, far away, Doug
Haxton <dlhaxton@comcast.net> made the phosphor on my monitor glow in
such a way as to indicate that:
Quote: On Fri, 09 Jan 2004 05:49:33 GMT, "Mark R. Whittington"
mwhittingt@sprynet.com> wrote:
Ar last, the new Age of Discovery bgeins.
I proposed the name for the first lunar settlement should be Georgetown.
Heinleintown.
I doubt if Heinlein would have felt honored by having a government
facility named after him. |
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| Mark R. Whittington |
| Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2004 2:13 am |
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"Rand Simberg" <simberg.interglobal@org.trash> wrote in message
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Quote: On Fri, 09 Jan 2004 06:28:25 GMT, in a place far, far away, Doug
Haxton <dlhaxton@comcast.net> made the phosphor on my monitor glow in
such a way as to indicate that:
On Fri, 09 Jan 2004 05:49:33 GMT, "Mark R. Whittington"
mwhittingt@sprynet.com> wrote:
Ar last, the new Age of Discovery bgeins.
I proposed the name for the first lunar settlement should be Georgetown.
Heinleintown.
I doubt if Heinlein would have felt honored by having a government
facility named after him.
Unless of course it was a navy base. Port Heinlein does have a certain ring
to it too (g). |
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| Stephen Souter |
| Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2004 4:24 am |
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In article <NhrLb.1252$Pg.1118@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net>,
"Mark R. Whittington" <mwhittingt@sprynet.com> wrote:
Quote: Ar last, the new Age of Discovery bgeins.
I proposed the name for the first lunar settlement should be Georgetown.
Does that mean we get to call the unsettled parts of the Moon "The
Bush"? :-)
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Stephen Souter
s.souter@edfac.usyd.edu.au
http://www.edfac.usyd.edu.au/staff/souters/ |
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| Stephen Souter |
| Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2004 4:24 am |
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In article <NhrLb.1252$Pg.1118@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net>,
"Mark R. Whittington" <mwhittingt@sprynet.com> wrote:
Quote: Ar last, the new Age of Discovery bgeins.
I proposed the name for the first lunar settlement should be Georgetown.
Does that mean we get to call the unsettled parts of the Moon "The
Bush"? :-)
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Stephen Souter
s.souter@edfac.usyd.edu.au
http://www.edfac.usyd.edu.au/staff/souters/ |
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| Mark R. Whittington |
| Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2004 5:24 am |
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"Stephen Souter" <s.souter@edfac.usyd.edu.au> wrote in message
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Quote: In article <NhrLb.1252$Pg.1118@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net>,
"Mark R. Whittington" <mwhittingt@sprynet.com> wrote:
Ar last, the new Age of Discovery bgeins.
I proposed the name for the first lunar settlement should be Georgetown.
Does that mean we get to call the unsettled parts of the Moon "The
Bush"? 
Actually, the Outback sounds a bit better (g).
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| Mark R. Whittington |
| Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2004 5:24 am |
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"Stephen Souter" <s.souter@edfac.usyd.edu.au> wrote in message
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Quote: In article <NhrLb.1252$Pg.1118@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net>,
"Mark R. Whittington" <mwhittingt@sprynet.com> wrote:
Ar last, the new Age of Discovery bgeins.
I proposed the name for the first lunar settlement should be Georgetown.
Does that mean we get to call the unsettled parts of the Moon "The
Bush"?
Actually, the Outback sounds a bit better (g).
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