[FPSPACE] RE: Space Station Alpha (or, 'Three rabbis walk into a space center...")

[Brett Harrison]

BABEL-1?

(Babylon 5 fans take note)  ;-)

Aw, shucks - if those guys up there are going to call it Alpha, I think it'd be
churlish to ignore them.



"CHARLES, JOHN B. (JSC-SF2)" wrote:
>  The rabbi said that rabbinical writings mention that the Tower of
> Babel project to reach heaven came undone over some sort of controversy
> involving a name (what was being named was not clear to me).  Anyway, he was
> delighted to see such a parallel with current events.
> 
> So, as a permanent name for ISS Alpha, I vote for "Tower of Babel" (or
> something similar).  And my apologies for being so poorly informed on
> matters rabbinical...
> 
> John Charles
> Houston, Texas
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