Template talk:Infobox Space mission

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[edit] Include the booster and spacecraft IDs

Hi. I think the booster and spacecraft should be included in the infobox, but thought I'd throw the idea out there before I go and make the change. If things like the launch pad, spacecraft mass and "time in lunar orbit" are included, I can't think of a good reason why you wouldn't want to list the fact that the SA-506 booster was used for Apollo 11, which also used LM-5, CM-107 and SM-107.

Any objections?

Justin 07:35, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

I'll take the silence to indicate no objections.  :-)

Justin 03:31, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Navigation section

I would like to change the title of the section currently called "Navigation" to something less ambiguous. ("Navigation" might be confused with how the spacecraft was navigated.) Would "Mission sequence" work OK? Any other suggestions? (sdsds - talk) 01:54, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Sounds like a good idea. Another option might be "Mission chronology". I don't really have a preference between those two --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 11:46, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
I changed this to "Related missions". Looking at both of the alternatives mentioned above, either could be misconstrued to mean the chronology or sequence (of events) of this mission. Only by getting in a plural, e.g. "related missions" is it clearly not about this mission. Or so it seems to me.... (sdsds - talk) 22:34, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Restructure ?

I was looking at this box on an Apollo page, and i'm not happy with it. There is just way too much statistic information in it, that makes it look messy and unreadable. As some people might have noticed, Things i'm considering.

  1. Move spacewalk times and some of the lunar information back into the article
  2. Add launch/landing location parameters (replacing launch pad)
  3. More separation between configuration and orbit statistics (new header).

The intention would be to make it as readable as its usage is on recent STS missions like: STS-118 Does anyone think this is a good idea? If so, then I might start a new design in a /Sandbox. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 15:42, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

#1: Agree #2: Would have to consider those editing it, would they understand that they'd have to add the specific location? #3: Agree Ariel♥Gold 16:05, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
Thinking about this some more, the other alternative, and perhaps a better one, would be to make a separate infobox for Apollo/Mercury missions, and leave this for shuttle missions? Just a thought. Ariel♥Gold 16:08, 25 November 2007 (UTC)