Wow. That says a lot, doesn't it? Anyways... I'm just asking a question about the name of this ship. Do we know for sure that it's spelt Tombaugh? Cause as I was writing an essay for French class night, I looked up the word "tomb" in french, and, to my surprise, found "tombeau". So is it Tombaugh, or Tombeau, the french word for tomb?
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Posted by Bernd (Member # 6) on :
Well, I wouldn't want to travel in a ship called "Tombeau". I think Tombaugh is a proper name, most likely a person of US history completely unknown to the rest of the world except for Starfleet.
The Tombaugh spelling was in the closed-captioning.
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Posted by Elim Garak (Member # 14) on :
Wasn't Tombaugh a U.S. general?
French, French, French, French...
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Posted by Basill on :
It is probably named for Clyde Tombaugh, an astronomer who discovered Pluto in 1930.
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Posted by Elim Garak (Member # 14) on :
*THWAP THWAP THWAP THWAP THWAP*
I cannot believe I forgot about Clyde Tombaugh. I researched that for months... Lowell Observatory, Mars Hill, Flagstaff, Arizona, U.S.A. I was even there where Tombaugh worked... *groan*
Egads! *thwap!*
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Posted by The First One (Member # 35) on :
I think TPTB did say it was named for the discoverer of Pluto.
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
people!!
Clyde Tombaugh arrrrgh! - astronomer!
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