NASA initially misspelled the name of its own shuttle yesterday, posting a massive sign under the vertical beast reading, "Go Endeavor."
Far be it from us to deride an engineer that actually knows the word endeavor, which the unlucky writer spelled correctly, but the shuttle is not named after the noun, meaning "A conscientious or concerted effort toward an end; an earnest attempt." Rather:
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. (From the Local 6 link above)
Of course, then there is Local Channel 6, which considers a definition from "Answers.com" (literally a link at the top right of a Google search) to be good enough for the news.
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