Re: ISS name

David G Chapman (David@zarya.demon.co.uk)
Tue, 22 Dec 1998 22:00:32 +0000

In message <412566E1.00368B7B.00@esocmail1.esoc.esa.de>,
rkresken@esoc.esa.de writes
>There's a simple universal naming rule for everything:
>The one who pays the bill gives the name.
>The US pay the bill and they gave the name
>
>              ISS
So how come the US-financed first element of the ISS ends up with a
Russian name?

Not that I object to the name Zarya of course.  My e-mail node name was
chosen three years ago.  It was the callsign of the Soviet FCC for
manned space missions.  And was almost the name of the first "Salyut"
station.

All the best for the season to you all.
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