Posts: 42985
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999

posted 08-09-2003 08:37 AM               

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By Chris Kridler
FLORIDA TODAY

http://www.floridatoday.com/news/space/stories/2003b/080903stamp.htm

Astronaut and propulsion expert Franklin Chang-Diaz has received an honor with six legs.

Scientists studying beetles in his native Costa Rica have named a new species after him, dubbing it Phanaeus changdiazi. Costa Rica also put Chang-Diaz and the beetle on twin postage stamps.

Posts: 187
From: W.Sussex United Kingdom
Registered: May 2003

posted 08-09-2003 02:06 PM               

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I am sure Franklin is proud to have a beetle named after him but the link between spaceflight and entomology escapes me at the moment!

Will other collectors be including the right hand stamp in their collections?

Posts: 591
From: Madisonville, Louisiana
Registered: Nov 1999

posted 08-09-2003 06:48 PM               

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That is one freaky looking bug!

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