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its refered to as a 'large cylinder'. some aproximate dimensions would be nice. 2 feet long? 20 feet long? In other words is this something astronauts work inside of, or a tool they manipulate?
At page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacelab a column in the the table is labelled "shuttle" that contains only he names or Orbiters. Shuttles are identified correctly by mission numbers on left. I believe that the Shuttle column should be labelled "Orbiter" or "Orbiter Vehicle". DuncanJay ( talk) 10:39, 5 February 2010 (UTC) Regards
Fnlayson, I agree that context clarifies, but ever since start of Shuttle missions in the 1980s I have been irritated by the mainsteam media consistently referring to the Orbiter as the (Space) Shuttle. Thank you for the quick fix. Regards —Preceding unsigned comment added by DuncanJay ( talk • contribs) 11:51, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
I have to admit, I'm confused as to what exactly constitutes a spacelab mission, but it seems that ones that flew either a pressurized module or the igloo component "count" as a spacelab mission, while the ones that flew only pallets (without the igloo) don't count, and hence should be mentioned separately. I'll try to figure out which of the 25 flights listed actually count (I think there should only be 22). Mlm42 ( talk) 01:35, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
Before ESRO/ESA designed, developed and built the first (for $1bn) at their expense, it was expected that USA/NASA would buy a further four (at $250 each) - but then USA switched to building the ISS. ( According to NASA Space Shuttle Haynes. p186 - Prefer a better source.) - Rod57 ( talk) 10:53, 7 April 2019 (UTC)
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its refered to as a 'large cylinder'. some aproximate dimensions would be nice. 2 feet long? 20 feet long? In other words is this something astronauts work inside of, or a tool they manipulate?
At page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacelab a column in the the table is labelled "shuttle" that contains only he names or Orbiters. Shuttles are identified correctly by mission numbers on left. I believe that the Shuttle column should be labelled "Orbiter" or "Orbiter Vehicle". DuncanJay ( talk) 10:39, 5 February 2010 (UTC) Regards
Fnlayson, I agree that context clarifies, but ever since start of Shuttle missions in the 1980s I have been irritated by the mainsteam media consistently referring to the Orbiter as the (Space) Shuttle. Thank you for the quick fix. Regards —Preceding unsigned comment added by DuncanJay ( talk • contribs) 11:51, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
I have to admit, I'm confused as to what exactly constitutes a spacelab mission, but it seems that ones that flew either a pressurized module or the igloo component "count" as a spacelab mission, while the ones that flew only pallets (without the igloo) don't count, and hence should be mentioned separately. I'll try to figure out which of the 25 flights listed actually count (I think there should only be 22). Mlm42 ( talk) 01:35, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
Before ESRO/ESA designed, developed and built the first (for $1bn) at their expense, it was expected that USA/NASA would buy a further four (at $250 each) - but then USA switched to building the ISS. ( According to NASA Space Shuttle Haynes. p186 - Prefer a better source.) - Rod57 ( talk) 10:53, 7 April 2019 (UTC)