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Houston, We Have a Shuttle Typo
By Todd Halvorson
FLORIDA TODAY
posted: 13 July 2007
10:43 p.m. ET
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How about this for a quick
fix?
NASA scrambled someone out to pad 39A with a new sign that has the orbiter
Endeavour's name spelled correctly, and then posted
a photo at the Kennedy Space Center's web site.
When the shuttle was rolled out to its seaside launch complex Wednesday, one
item was missing: the "u"
in Endeavour.
The orbiter is named after HM Bark Endeavour, the ship commanded by 18th
century explorer James Cook; the name also honored Endeavour, the Command Module
of Apollo 15. This is why the name is spelled in the British English manner,
according to Answers.com.
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from FLORIDA TODAY. Copyright © 2007 FLORIDA TODAY. No portion of this material
may be reproduced in any way without the written consent of FLORIDA TODAY.
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