Shuttle's Name Misspelled On NASA Launch Pad Sign

JennieM · Post by **JennieM** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 9:56 am

Gotta love NASA some days.

Check out how they originally had spelled the shuttle's name. They have since corrected it.

http://www.local6.com/technology/13675075/detail.html

Hotdog · Post by **Hotdog** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 1:35 pm

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!

Princess · Post by **Princess** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 2:55 pm

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

JennieM · Post by **JennieM** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 3:04 pm

I guess I just started at the side of that simulator for so long it's ingrained in my head.

empress · Post by **empress** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 9:21 pm

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.

SpaceCanada · Post by **SpaceCanada** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 10:51 am

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.

JennieM · Post by **JennieM** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 12:07 pm

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

empress · Post by **empress** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 9:02 pm

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??? )

des · Post by **des** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 12:12 am

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.

--des

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??? )

JennieM · Post by **JennieM** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 10:44 am

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??? )

I'm right there with you. I use metric everyday in the lab. It's so much easier!