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Topic: [Discuss] Navy names ships for astronauts
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divemaster
Member Posts: 1340
From: ridgefield, ct
Registered: May 2002
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posted 03-16-2009 04:57 PM
   
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Originally posted by ejectr:
That's a ship Shalene, not a boat.
And a person who lands jets on a ship is a Naval Aviator. A pilot is the person who guides that ship into the harbor.[Boy, I remember getting THAT lesson.] |
divemaster
Member Posts: 1340
From: ridgefield, ct
Registered: May 2002
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posted 03-17-2009 11:24 AM
Spoke to the good folks at NASSCO about the Latin translation and got the following response:"It means "we were going to do it right" which I explain that were and determined are the same." And that's from the people that know the best. |
Dave Clow
Member Posts: 204
From: South Pasadena, CA 91030
Registered: Nov 2003
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posted 03-17-2009 11:49 AM
Nice. Thanks Tracy.By the way, people, the commemorative mugs are a bargain. |
divemaster
Member Posts: 1340
From: ridgefield, ct
Registered: May 2002
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posted 03-17-2009 11:50 PM
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Originally posted by Dave Clow:
Nice. Thanks Tracy.
You're welcome. That was my only Latin lesson for this century. Sorry to those of you missed it.  |
Robonaut
Member Posts: 220
From: Solihull, West Mids, England
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 04-13-2013 03:28 PM
On Friday, the Secretary of the Navy announced the naming of the R/V Sally Ride (AGOR 28), a Neil Armstrong-class auxiliary general oceanographic research ship. |
onesmallstep
Member Posts: 429
From: Staten Island, New York USA
Registered: Nov 2007
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posted 04-15-2013 11:30 AM
In the third paragraph of the DoD announcement, there are two obvious errors: Ride was not the first woman in space, Tereshkova was; and she was not the youngest to fly, that honor goes to another Russian, Gherman Titov. But she was the 'first' and 'youngest' American on both counts. |
dogcrew5369
Member Posts: 511
From: Statesville, NC
Registered: Mar 2009
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posted 05-01-2013 06:31 PM
Interesting. As great as Ride was and not to be disrespectful, but she was not in the Navy, much less the military. What was the reasoning other than her obvious greatness? |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 26745
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 05-01-2013 07:08 PM
Per the Navy's release: Traditionally, AGORs are named for nationally recognized leaders in exploration and science. |
dogcrew5369
Member Posts: 511
From: Statesville, NC
Registered: Mar 2009
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posted 05-06-2013 10:24 AM
Okay. Didn't know that. Ride certainly qualifies in that category. |
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