Talk:Space Shuttle Atlantis
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I hate to be a bear, but we don't need multiple references in the article to the decomissioning of the Atlantis. When I put in the information about it, I incorporated it into the final paragraph of the initial information section which gives an overview of the history of the Atlantis. We don't need a special section on it, as the information is a part of the anticipated history of the orbiter itself. Can we please come to a conclusion on how to address this instead of simply putting redundant mentions of the same fact in multiple slots in the article? Father Rob Lyons 20:25, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
Sorry I read it twice, but it seems I read over it, If I would have seen it, I wouldn't have put it in there Mach10 07:25, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Picture blocking text?
Is it just me or is one of the pictures obstructing the text? --GW_Simulations 19:21, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] white area below flights
There is a big block of white space below the Flights area, i don't know how to get rid of it, but it has something to do with the photo on the right (when you remove the photo the space is removed and the text goes back to normal).
yet the code looks fine... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.67.139.123 (talk • contribs) .
- I don't get any whitespace looking using Firefox at 1024x768... SchuminWeb (Talk) 03:17, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Distance etc.
According to the history, the following paragraph:
Space Shuttle Atlantis has completed 26 flights, spent 220.40-days in space, completed 3,468 orbits, and flown 89,908,732 miles in total, as of February 2003. She is currently on her 27th flight, in orbit on mission STS-115.
Was replaced by:
Space Shuttle Atlantis has completed 27 flights, spent 220.40-days in space, completed 3,468 orbits, and flown 89,908,732 miles in total, as of September 2006.
Does anyone have details of the last flight, to update the rest of the figures? Amanita 14:22, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Statistics for Atlantis
Supporting what user Amanita have mentioned, the details of Atlantis must be updated. Also these details must be updated in other Wikipedia shuttle pages. For example, there is another page that provides a summary of Atlantis statistics. Can some one update it using OFFICIAL NASA statistics? For the time spend in space, it is better to add like [X days Y minutes and Z seconds], rather than X.XX days. Also lift-offs and landings can be divided into daytime and night time. 130.194.5.129 05:25, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] name
It's the Atlantis space shuttle. The other way around isn't idiomatic English. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pauldanon (talk • contribs)
- It is important for Wikipedia to conform to usage in reliable, verifiable sources. NASA press releases, for example. Which consistently say things like, "The space shuttle Atlantis and its seven-member crew lifted off Friday from NASA's Kennedy Space Center at 7:38 p.m. EDT...."[1] (sdsds - talk) 03:23, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
- I'm not getting how it isn't normal English; we say "the battleship Iowa" not "the Iowa battleship", to pick an analogy. Shimgray | talk | 19:44, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Burst then Leak?
How does a pressurised vessel burst and then 'leak'?
- Technically bursting would be the initial rupture of the vessel wall... the leaking would happen very rapidly thereafter as the contents escape from the rupture. Leak before Burst is a design concept that would prevent the potentially damaging energy release of the burst... somewhat like a relief valve. Burst before Leak is more a reversal of the concept name indicating that it just dosen't work and dosen't make sense to have it designed that way. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.33.121.4 (talk) 13:54, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Speaking of "switched back and forth" ...
The lead to this article appears to be carrying on a debate with itself. Can a subject matter expert edit it down to what the current plans for Atlantis are?--NapoliRoma (talk) 16:52, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
