Posted on 07/13/2007 9:10:07 AM PDT by stainlessbanner
The first NASA sign at launch pad 39A encouraging the next launch of space shuttle Endeavour at Kennedy Space Center was misspelled and noticed by someone looking at the craft.
When the shuttle rolled out from the Vehicle Assembly Building Wednesday, a giant "Go Endeavour" sign was put on a fence in front of the craft.
However, one item was missing from the sign: the "u" in Endeavour.
Someone spotted the mistake and called KSC to fix it, WKMG-TV reported.
NASA scrambled someone out to pad 39A with a new sign that has orbiter Endeavour's name spelled correctly.
A photo with the correct spelling was also posted on the Kennedy Space Center's Web site.
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.
Am I reading this correctly, “endeavor” is a proper spelling but the ship’s name is “Endeavour?”
Must have been made by a Copy Desk Editor at a TV Network.
Leave it. I like it:’)
What colour was it in?
This guy spotted the mistake.
Morans.
According to the Defence Department, white.
Am I reading this correctly, “endeavor” is a proper spelling but the ship’s name is “Endeavour?”
Yep, you're reading it correctly.
The shuttle was named after Captain Cook's ship, which of course used the British spelling.
It’s also Inspector Morse’ first name. (Yes, he as namede after the ship, too.)
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"Great googly moogly!"
The sign was outsourced to Mexico, I see. Good idea, helping our neighbours.
Spelling is becoming a lost art. I routinely see misspellings all over TV, and even on mainstream media Internet sites. It seems like spell check has taken over in the way my high school teachers worried that pocket calculators would destroy the ability to multiply without one.
Actually I think the spell check has improved my spelling. Unfortunately it still doesn’t catch stupid.
Not going anywhere?
Well, anyone who blasts off in a government-made rocket, directed by an organization full of affirmative action employees, is a lot braver than I am.
Damn that public education!!!
I was wondering what this thread had to do with illegal immigration.
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