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Originally posted by ktsnake
There was also Atlantis, Enterprise and I can't remember any others...
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The Space Shuttle Fleet Consists of:
Columbia - The worlds first reusable space craft of any type
Challenger - obviously the orbiter was lost...it should be noted that it was not the shuttle itself that exploded, but the external tank, and that explosion destroyed Challenger
Atlantis
Discovery
Endeavour - The newest Shuttle...delivered in 1992
Enterprise was the name of the drop model shuttle. Basically it was a model that only had representations of the engines, but had a working flight control system (rudder, ailerons and such flight surfaces). They take the drop model up on a 747 and then "drop" to see how it's handles in the earth's atmosphere.
Originally it had no name, but a massive letter writing campaign by Star Trek fans got NASA to name it Enterprise, despite the fact that it was never designed to fly in space. I think some Trekkies were dissappointed to find our that it wouldn't actually fly in space...
As for the 9-11 topic at hand. I know that the friends I had in HS watched it all day. So did my little brother who was in 8th grade. I have no idea about any one younger though. I could ask my cousins this weekend...