Shuttle's Name Misspelled On NASA Launch Pad Sign

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Shuttle's Name Misspelled On NASA Launch Pad Sign

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Gotta love NASA some days. :wink: Check out how they originally had spelled the shuttle's name. They have since corrected it.

http://www.local6.com/technology/13675075/detail.html
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i work for a printing & sign company, and every now and then a misspelling will get by our proofing and the job will reach the customer with the mistake un-noticed. it can be embarrassing for both the customer and us!
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I can't talk my spelling is so bad that I type words I am not sure of in Microsoft Word to check my spelling before i post
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I guess I just started at the side of that simulator for so long it's ingrained in my head.
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I also work in publishing, and several years ago I came across the EXACT SAME ERROR, although in a soon-to-be-published book. When I told the publisher that the orbiter Endeavour used the Brittish spelling, they said they didn't want to send the page back for correction at that point and that Americans wouldn't know that it was spelled wrong. Unfortunately, except for those of us who are really into space, they were probably correct in that assumption.

Judy Resnik's name initially was misspelled on a plaque on a memorial in Titusville. I think that it was corrected later. But it really shows the need for two sets of eyes for things in a public forum.
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You see, if the United States used proper English like the rest of the world (colour, flavour, honour, neighbour...) this wouldn't be a problem. ;)

Spelling/grammar mistakes happen. Spell check cannot catch them all. I am glad they corrected the sign.
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SpaceCanada wrote:You see, if the United States used proper English like the rest of the world (colour, flavour, honour, neighbour...) this wouldn't be a problem. ;)

Spelling/grammar mistakes happen. Spell check cannot catch them all. I am glad they corrected the sign.
I think Americans would go metric before changing their spellings. LOL :wink:
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Agghhhhh! As a science person, please don't even get me started on Americans and their refusal to embrace the metric system...!

(Athough - Canadians and Brittons - Just what IS that extra "u" doing in there, anyway??? ) 8)
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Hey you'd be proud of me! This summer we did everything metric. That's pretty good for me being really a lay person and not a science type-- even though I am really interested in science.

I don't think you need the "u". Canadians, get tough! Do away with your "u" in color, flavor, etc!!!

Right now I am working on "thru". I see no need to spell this "through". It's just nuts.


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empress wrote:Agghhhhh! As a science person, please don't even get me started on Americans and their refusal to embrace the metric system...!

(Athough - Canadians and Brittons - Just what IS that extra "u" doing in there, anyway??? ) 8)
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empress wrote:Agghhhhh! As a science person, please don't even get me started on Americans and their refusal to embrace the metric system...!

(Athough - Canadians and Brittons - Just what IS that extra "u" doing in there, anyway??? ) 8)
I'm right there with you. I use metric everyday in the lab. It's so much easier!
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