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Subject: Re: Endeavor [sic]
Message-ID: <1991Apr26.095715.1@dev8c.mdcbbs.com>
Date: 26 Apr 91 09:57:15 GMT
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In article <9407@suned1.Nswses.Navy.MIL>, zaft@ed8sun4.nswses.Navy.MIL (Gordon C Zaft) writes:
>>Endeavour.
> Is this correct?  Endeavour? Why the British spelling?  That just doesn't
> make sense....

I heard on the news yesterday that it was named after one of the early ships
sailed by ???? from England to the "New World". 
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