Removing extra spaces after i enter a string - string

Question

Hi i was wondering if there was a simple way to remove the spaces i allocated for a string to be entered, or perhaps a way to not compare the empty space after the word. This program is a palindrome detector. Any suggestions would be great.
Ex. output:
racecar, not a palindrome because it has a few empty spaces.
aaaaaaaaaa is a palindrome because it has no empty spaces...
again just need a hotfix to remove the spaces after the word is inputted, or a way to ignore the spaces after the word. Thank You.
.data
intro : .asciiz "Lets See If Your Word is a Palinfrome!\n"
question: .asciiz "Please Enter up to a 10 Character word: "
Y_P: .asciiz "Yes it is!"
N_P: .asciiz "No Its Not!"
str1: .space 10
.text
.globl main
main:
li $v0, 4
la $a0, intro
syscall
li $v0, 4
la $a0, question
syscall
li $v0, 8
la $a0,str1
addi $a1,$zero,10
syscall
move $t0, $a0
palindrome:
addi $t0, $0, 0 # j = 0
length: add $t2, $a0, $t0 # $t2 = &array[j]
lb $t2, 0($t2) # $t2 = array[j]
beq $t2, $0, done # end of string?
addi $t0, $t0, 1 # j = j+1
j length
done: addi $t0, $t0, -1 # j = j-1
addi $t1, $0, 0 # i = 0
loop: slt $t2, $t1, $t0 # $t2 = 1 if i < j
beq $t2, $0, yes # if !(i < j) return
add $t2, $a0, $t1 # $t2 = &array[i]
lb $t2, 0($t2) # $t2 = array[i]
add $t3, $a0, $t0 # $t3 = &array[j]
lb $t3, 0($t3) # $t3 = array[j]
bne $t2, $t3, no # is palindrome?
addi $t0, $t0, -1 # j = j-1
addi $t1, $t1, 1 # i = i+1
j loop
yes: # yes a palindrome
addi $v0, $0, 1
li $v0, 4
la $a0, Y_P
syscall
li $v0, 10
syscall
j yes
jr $ra
no: # not a palindrome
addi $v0, $0, 0
li $v0, 4
la $a0, N_P
syscall
li $v0, 10
syscall
j no
jr $ra