New Names for the Mir Space Station

The list for October 13, 1997
The Top 15 New Names for
the Mir Space Station

  1. The AMC Spacer

  2. Uncle Boris’s Last Chance Galactic Truck Stop & Fireworks Stand

  3. I-Can’t-Believe-It’s-A-Space-Station

  4. Skylab for Dummies

  5. Emergency Vodka Storage Unit #6

  6. Absolut NightMir

  7. The New, Improved People’s Deathtrap 2000 ("Now with leaks!")

  8. Space Toast Coast-to-Coast

  9. The S.S. Minnowsky

  10. The Black Cat, Walking Under a Ladder, Broken Mirror, Spilled Salt, Friday the 13th Space Module

  11. Kaputnik

  12. Cattlecar Galactica

  13. Spacey Spice

  14. The Amazing Orbiting Barge O’ Death
And the Number 1 New Name for the Mir Space Station…

  1. Deepshit Nine
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CREDITS
Selected from 119 submissions from 43 contributors.
Today’s list authors were:

  • Caroline Gennity, Witness Protection Program — 1, 4 (17th #1)
  • Dave Henry, Slidell, LA — 2, 9
  • Wade Kwon, Birmingham, AL — 3
  • Troy Roberson, Birmingham, AL — 5
  • Jennifer Hart, Arlington, VA — 5, 7, 8
  • Beth Kohl, Chicago, IL — 6
  • David Kass, Brooklyn, NY — 7
  • Brad Schreiber, Los Angeles, CA — 10
  • Don Swain, Pontiac, MI — 11
  • Steve Hurd, San Ramon, CA — 12
  • John Hering, Alexandria, VA — 13
  • Mitch Patterson, Atlanta, GA — 14
  • Paul Paternoster, Redwood City, CA — 15
  • Ed Brooksbank, Sacramento, CA — Topic
  • Greg Sadosuk, Fairfax, VA — Banner Tag
  • Chris White, New York, NY — Owner/editor
  • David Bowie, London, England — Ambience
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