Impressed by her endeavour some eminent people have become part of the advisory board to guide and encourage these youngsters.

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As for Endeavour and her mission to create a radar map of the earth: with wiring inspections 90 percent complete on the orbiter NASA lovingly calls OV-105, she is scheduled to launch on January 13.

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Like a teenager still excited about his new hot rod, the 54-year-old executive boasts about Endeavour's tendency to thrust her knifelike bow almost completely out of the water.

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She is the first chairwoman of the new-fangled Backbench Business Committee, and that means that she and her colleagues are forever setting precedents in this totally new endeavour.

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With the Inquisition frequently breathing down her neck and excommunications flying to and fro, it was no easy endeavour.

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Endeavour was built to replace the Challenger ship which was lost, along with her crew of seven, in a catastrophic accident in 1986.

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Her Highness noted that "universal education is the key to international understanding", and "this endeavour will do much to develop the appreciation of other cultures and nations".

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