Talk:Human-rating certification

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[edit] Redirect

This article is about human spaceflight ratings certifications. It isn't about rating a vehicle for flight by men. (sdsds - talk) 12:40, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

there is no reason whatsoever to have an article on human rating and different article on man rating. I consolidated these into one article, since they are the same. I happened to consolidate them into the man-rating article, but it would have made absolutely no difference to have consolidated them into the "human rating" article, in either case, the two subjects are the same.

I am sorry that you are unaware that for many centuries the English language has struggled with a problem in that the word "man" can be used to mean a human being, and also used to mean a male human being. There is no such thing as a certification to launch "men" that is different from the certification to launch "humans". This is one article. Geoffrey.landis 15:03, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for sharing that viewpoint. You might want to watch some of those old NASA public-relations videos one more time. Like the ones about John Glenn, or the "Man in Space Soonest" effort. Then take a peek at the "Human spaceflight" section of the current NASA website. You might notice there have been a few changes in terminology over the years. Why has that happened, when the changes are to new terms with the same denotative meanings as the old ones?

As for the question regarding whether the topic deserves one article or two: it might depend on whether an editor wished to expand on the historically interesting topic of man-rated vehicles. The concept was very important during the early history of spaceflight, back in the late 20th century. (sdsds - talk) 05:54, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Major revision needed

The subject of "human-rated" is of growing importance because of the emergence of commercial spaceflight operations. This entry needs to be edited/rewritten to exapnd this section to address how NASA defines "human-rated," to address how NASA establishes "human-rated" certification, and to discuss the differences in this approach from that of aircraft airworthiness certification.

Jamesmsnead (talk) 15:11, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Right! This article is a stub, with one cited reference. A good next step would be to ask, "Does the cited reference represent a "reliable source?" If so, use it to expand the article to the extent possible. If the reference doesn't cover points that should be covered by the article, the next step is to find new references that do, and cite them! (sdsds - talk) 15:39, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

I am going to make some draft edits of the article, providing I understand how the system works. I have worked on the topic since the mid-1980's.

Jamesmsnead (talk) 00:40, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Thank-you for your help! If you have any trouble whatsoever, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page or contact WikiProject Human spaceflight on its talk page. (sdsds - talk) 02:02, 12 February 2008 (UTC)