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[edit] Where to draw the line with Rocket article

Would anyone care to provide feedback on where to draw the line between material that belongs in this article vs. material that belongs in the Rocket article? Any help making this line "bright" would be appreciated! Sdsds 14:33, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Responding my own question - it might make sense for this article to include more content about the launch system and (relatively) less about the launch vehicle, since that material overlaps with rocket. In particular, the launch system content could talk about pads, towers and other scaffolding-like support structures, cranes used to erect or assemble the vehicle, pyrotechnics for disconnecting the vehicle from the pad/tower, etc. Not to mention the control room or blockhouse, and other structures at the launch site like fuel storage tanks, and vehicles like those astronauts use for transport to and from the rocket.

Eh? Any comments this time? Or am I effectively just talking out loud in an empty room? (Sdsds - Talk) 21:31, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

Rockets are all vehicles employing rocket engines including missiles. Launch vehicles are the subset of vehicles that go into space. Rocket is more of a broad brush article, Launch vehicles is more focussed. Clearly there is overlap- the whole of 'launch vehicle' is overlap. But I don't see that launch vehicle should be moved into Rocket, rocket is big enough already.WolfKeeper 22:30, 2 June 2007 (UTC)