Talk:Space Shuttle program

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[edit] Errors/Issues

The data here is inconsistant with other data. For instance: The longest shuttle mission is attributed to Columbia in 1996 (according to this page and the STS80 page) however, the Columbia was destroyed in 1986. As such, the data in this article needs be verified by someone very knowledgable to ensure that the data is accurate in this and related articles. 199.244.214.30 13:10, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

The data is correct. The "longest mission" statement is verbatim from NASA: [1]. You're mistaken, Columbia was not destroyed in 1986. Joema 13:36, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
Correct. Columbia was destroyed in 2003. Challenger was destroyed in 1986. SchuminWeb (Talk) 04:29, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Shuttle user box

Here is a userbox for Space Shuttle fans, to set up for placement on your userpage.

{{Template:User space shuttle}}
This user is a Space Shuttle fan.

Note that this is not attached to any category, and so just places this userbox on your page.--PremKudvaTalk 04:13, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Current Event Tags

Is the 72-hour tab "valid"? By that, do you mean, "accurate"? Of course it is. But the article is about the space shuttle program, not about the December 2006 mission. This tag is absolutely unnecessary, it adds nothing of value to the article, and contributes to tag litter.

By this logic, there should be a current events tag on George W. Bush, since "details may change rapidly as events progress". And hey, Christmas is just around the corner. The article on Christmas has a section on the "Economics of Christmas". Now this year's shopping season may progress in different ways than expected. Should there therefore be a "Current Events" tag on the article on Christmas?

No, Wikipedia is not a paper encyclopedia (thank goodness), and we can update it at will. But neither is it a newspaper. Even if something does get updated during this launch, it does not necessitate this tag. Suppose we learn something new about the shuttle program during the launch. Then update it. But there is no reason to suppose that this article is going to change in any substantive, unexpected way over the course of this next mission. Unschool 22:40, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Note, this issue is being discussed at Talk:Space Shuttle --GW_SimulationsUser Page | Talk 23:16, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Merger

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The proposal was withdrawn by nominator

Strong oppose per earlier discussion --GW_SimulationsUser Page | Talk 22:58, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

  • Oppose per GW Simulations. I do see other Shuttle-related article shuffling that needs to be done, but this isn't it. SchuminWeb (Talk) 23:02, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Unschool has removed his nomination (see Space Shuttle), so I am closing the discussion. --GW_SimulationsUser Page | Talk 23:19, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

[edit] Reusable Spacecraft

The second paragraph says "The Shuttle is the only winged manned spacecraft to achieve orbit and land, and the only reusable space vehicle that has ever made multiple flights into orbit." I'm not sure if this is in error or not, SpaceShip One acheived orbit twice within 2 weeks. I leave it to someone who knows for sure.

SpaceShipOne was only capable for sub-orbital flights. Not ones that go into orbit around the Earth. Andy120290 21:09, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Buran?

At the top of the article it says:

"This article is about the NASA Space Shuttle program. For the shuttle itself, see Space Shuttle. For information on the Soviet space shuttle program, see the article Buran program"

Why does it have statistics about the Buran in the same chart as the Enterprise? Jons63 19:25, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Good point. That needs to get changed. I would put Enterprise in with the other shuttles, and delete Buran from this article. Thoughts? SchuminWeb (Talk) 03:07, 9 August 2007 (UTC)