I suppose I just don't see what these huge costs are. A few lines of code to put up a survey? They already employ people to update and maintain the website. This effort would be minimal. They have named the other modules, with or without a survey, no extra cost there. I think it has been a very good publicity vehicle for NASA for what seems to be minimal cost. The road to hell may be paved with many things, but a silly name I am certain is not one of them. Humans are silly beings, at times, and it is no bad thing to inject a bit of it into any aspect of life.
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 18:58:54 -0600 From: chuck.hards@gmail.com To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Space Station node may get awful name
The road to hell is paved with good intentions. And certainly there is questionable return here, for the costs involved. I can't see it.
On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 2:02 AM, Jon Christensen <coldari@msn.com> wrote:
As an opposing viewpoint, I think that this naming exercise is doing a lot of good. Yes it is pointless to name what amounts to a galley in an aircraft, but look at what it has done. It has gotten thousands of people that probably have never even been to NASA's website to log in and vote. So what if it is a silly name for a tiny piece of the space station? If it can spark the interest in even a couple of people that previously had none, it has served a good purpose.
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