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Typography Fan Spots Upside-Down 'S' on Space Shuttle Discovery's Hull

Mastodon users marvel the flaw went unseen for decades

A Mastodon user reposts the Autopian piece, expressing surprise that a trained eye took so long to catch the inverted letter on a spacecraft flown for decades.

Mastodon users marvel the flaw went unseen for decades
theautopian.com

“The fact it took *this long* for someone to catch this is wild! 😳🤣”

GuyNamedBrian@mastodon.social

The Autopian Publication that reported the findJohn Gruber Daring Fireball writerNASA Agency whose graphics guidelines govern shuttle lettering

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