From: snidely.too@gmail.com   
      
   With a quizzical look, Jeff Findley observed:   
   > In article , alain245@videotron.ca says...   
   >>   
   >> On Jan/6/2020 at 18:02, Jeff Findley wrote :   
   >>> In article <1ojrsbd.1ms0myi1l5huy6N%nj_kruse@me.com>, nj_kruse@me.com   
   >>> says...   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Niklas Holsti  wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> On 2020-01-06 14:19, Jeff Findley wrote:   
   >>>>>> SpaceX clearly sees Dragon 2 as a   
   >>>>>> stepping stone to Starliner, ...   
   >>>>> Ahem. I assume you mean "Starship", don't you?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> (Damn this hyperbolic fashion of using "star" in naming spacecraft not   
   >>>>> designed for interstellar travel.)   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Heh. The Starship is more of a Starliner than the Starliner.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> The Starliner would more properly be named Starrowboat.   
   >>>   
   >>> How about Startaxi?  That would fit its purpose.   
   >>   
   >> I would expect an airport-taxi to offer rides to the airport, a   
   >> city-taxi to offer rides around the city and a Startaxi to offer rides   
   >> to the stars. Even if you include the Sun as a star, Starliner is a   
   >> several orders of magnitudes short of being worthy of the Startaxi moniker.   
   >>   
   >> How about Taxi-Leo? :-)   
   >   
   > Agreed.  Or:  Leotaxi   
   >   
   > Doesn't sound as glamorous as Starliner though.  ;-)   
      
   While I like Greg's suggestion, I'll put Leoliner on the table   
      
   just for completeness.   
      
   /dps "It's for the mane event"   
      
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