For one, a glorious failure taints the name. Not many (any?) ships are called "Titanic" anymore. I tried to find good examples of famous failures having their d

For one, a glorious failure taints the name. Not many (any?) ships are called "Titanic" anymore. I tried to find good examples of famous failures having their domains reused but wasn't able to. webvan.com still exists as part of amazon. pets.com points to petsmart.com An untainted domain is an asset, which is why there are many squatted domains. A tainted domain is a liability.