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Is necessary mention root of the space shuttle?[edit]

Alought Historical background mentioned the history, not mentioned the root of the space shuttle, silbervogel. Is necessary to add it? Berkeley8 (talk) 20:33, 30 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Space Shuttle Astronaut Qualifications[edit]

Within this article, there's no description about the requirements to be a space shuttle crew. If there's one, I think it would help readers understand the rigorous selection process and training that astronauts undergo to become part of a Space Shuttle mission. I'm thinking about adding these two links with some explanation for each of them: [1][2]. What do you think? Moonlight6928 (talk) 14:37, 31 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

An extension to the support vehicle: An-225[edit]

Support Vehicle, there isn't any mention about An-225, so we want to add some pieces of information about how An-225 supports space shuttles and briefly introduce now the status of An-225. I am going to refer to these two links: Antonov An-225 Mriya [3]

Please comment on if there is any concerns regarding my plan of changes. Thanks! Sir.Deai Bian (talk) 13:47, 1 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The An-225 was designed and used as support vehicle in the Russian Buran program, as linked in See also. I don't see any reason to feature it prominently here. --Zac67 (talk) 14:09, 1 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The An-225 is related (or connected) to Buran (spacecraft), not the US Space Shuttle. -Fnlayson (talk) 03:43, 29 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Questions related to Space Shuttle[edit]

Greetings, I am from Chinese wiki. When editing the Chinese pages related to space shuttles, I find the pages quite unorganized, and have some questions that could be better answered by the English community.

What is the relationship between Space Shuttle program and Space Transportation System?
1. Did the STS become the space shuttle program, or are they separate
2. Can they be treated as the same thing or put under one page (there was a Chinese page about STS that was not a Chinese version of the Space Transportation System, it only contained information about the space shuttle, and I merged it into the Chinese Space Shuttle program page, a Chinese version of the STS page never existed)
When referring to names like Atlantis and OV-104, do they refer to a space shuttle or a space shuttle orbiter?
When linking from other pages, when do you link to space shuttle and when to space shuttle orbiter?
Is it correct to say that
1. a space shuttle is a spacecraft system, not a spacecraft nor a spaceplane
2. a space shuttle orbiter is a spacecraft, spaceplane, and part of a space shuttle

Sohryu Asuka Langley Not Shikinami (talk) 08:05, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]