How about this for a quickfix?
NASA scrambled someone out to pad 39A with a new sign that has the orbiterEndeavour's name spelled correctly, and then posteda photo at the Kennedy Space Center's web site.
When the shuttle was rolled out to its seaside launch complex Wednesday, oneitem was missing: the "u"in Endeavour.
The orbiter is named after HM Bark Endeavour, the ship commanded by 18thcentury explorer James Cook; the name also honored Endeavour, the Command Moduleof Apollo 15. This is why the name is spelled in the British English manner,according to Answers.com.
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