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List of ISS spacewalksTalk:List of ISS spacewalks#EVA 21 --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 01:46, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
Omg, ty ty!You found the one EVA that had been eluding me as a discrepancy between the list and the ISS report figures! Thank you so much! Ariel♥Gold 02:30, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
Hi thereCan i ask you a question about a black brant rocket? Mickman1234 (talk) 09:32, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
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Flagged RevsHi, I noticed you voted oppose in the flag revs straw pole and would like to ask if you would mind adding User:Promethean/No to your user or talk page to make your position clear to people who visit your page :) - Thanks to Neurolysis for the template «l| Ψrometheăn ™|l» (talk) 06:58, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
"Quasiballistic" missilesHave you perhaps heard of the term quasiballistic missile? If yes, could you please take a look at that article and see if it's correct. I also wonder if the term is in such widespread use that it deserves its own article. Offliner (talk) 14:30, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
This needs to be doneAll of the pages on timeline of spaceflight needs to be updated. Mickman1234 (talk) 05:24, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
There already on there. Mickman1234 (talk) 20:01, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
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International Space StationHi! You might be interested in the discussion at Talk:International Space Station#The Failed FAC. Thank you.
I've received a request asking if you could change the cards to use the same pips, compare File:Cards-3-Heart.svg and File:Cards-10-Heart.svg. Thanks. -- Jeandré, 2009-02-09t00:52z
Can you chime in here. I do believe that you appear to be the guru in this area. Also, thanks for putting together the 20XX in spaceflight series. I use those articles frequently. E_dog95' Hi ' 03:01, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
Thank you very much for your corrections. The news about Personas onboard communication equipment failiure emerged today in the newspaper as citation of Russian vice-premier Sergei Ivanov. Sad. Enyhow you have put "citation" needed mark regaridng CCD pixel size. Well, I can tell you there is no citation. It was my assumption based on few premises: the main mirror is difraction limited, designer wanted to achieve maximum image resolution. Put that two together in optics formula you get optimum pixel size. For blue light pixel size should be no greater than 7µm. I said that CCD should not be greater than 11µm because thats optimum pixel size for red spectrum. Beyond that we have non visible light which is not interesting for high-resolution imagery. The satellite probably have infra red CCD sensors too but I didnt want to speculate that much. Anyhow, it is not known what sensor is used (because it is classified) but most probably they used the same sensor as in civilian Resurs-DK: the 9µm chip. If they used 9µm chip the maximum image resolution is 33 cm. So. The ccd pixel size should be the same as optics airy disk. That is: 1.22 * green light vavelenth * f-number = 1.22*0.00000055*20/1.5 = 0.00000895 m so thats 9µm The image resolution can be calculated by Rayleigh formula: imaging height * 1.22 * green light vavelenth / main mirror aperture =714000 * 1.22 * 0.00000055 / 1.5 = 0.32 meters = 32 cm But they maybe used 7µm CCD sensor which would yield 26 cm resolution when observing in blue spectrum. Anyhow I wanted to ask you if you can review Resurs-DK article :) -=HyPeRzOnD=- (talk) 20:26, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
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Help needed on Ariane 4Hello, I have redone most of the Ariane 4 article. Please help by expanding it. I really don't know much about Ariane 4. Regards --Johnxxx9 (talk) 07:18, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
2008 in spaceflight and FLCI've been thinking (and I don't think I'm alone), about the possibility of taking 2008 in spaceflight to WP:FLC. Since the peer review and redesign, and reviewing the FL criteria, there are two things:
I would be interested in your thoughts about this. -MBK004 22:49, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
2007 in spaceflightI've finished the conversion of this list, now if you would just work your magic with the yearly summary. I'm off to 2006. -MBK004 06:46, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
2006I've got a pesky template error occurring in July that I can't seem to fix. There is also something at the extreme top just above the first launch of January. Can you fix these two things? -MBK004 20:09, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
Re: Timeline of spaceflightThe thing is, GMT to me implies imprecision, and for times that precise—given to the nearest second—GMT just doesn't fit. But you're right. "Blitz edits" really do require consensus before they can be implemented. -- Denelson83 07:33, 26 February 2009 (UTC) TLS ConversionsAnd I've finished another, but I've run into another error that I can't seem to find. Mind taking a look at 2002 in spaceflight? -MBK004 06:53, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
International Space StationJust to let you know that the article is now up for FAC at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/International Space Station - thanks for the all the help so far, and please feel free to comment at the FAC page! :-) Colds7ream (talk) 08:25, 5 March 2009 (UTC) TLS Conversion updateWould you mind taking a look at what I've recently done to 2007, 2006 and 2005? I've started to try and attempt the EVA table, DSR table and Orbital Launch Summary. Some things are still in progress and help would be appreciated, also you might want to trim the EVA in 2009 since I lifted it directly from List of ISS spacewalks. -MBK004 01:01, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
Case of UkraneHi, I would appreciate if you could come back to the discussion of Ukrane at the article of Satellite. My suggestion is to add numbers 1 to 9 to the list of countries, so people would know which countries have independently launched satellite, OR delete Ukrane from the list since it has inherited it's Rocket from Soviet Union (this option may not be good) Or make a separate list of independent counties. I have mentioned these suggestion. So, if you come back to the discussion, it would speed up the process so we can get it done. Best regards Parvazbato59 (talk) 16:37, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
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ReminderYou did not update Progress M-65 and Progress M-66 to use {{Infobox Cargo spacecraft}}. Also, Johannes Kepler ATV already exists and could use the new infobox as well. -MBK004 21:15, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
Heads upWikipedia:Templates_for_deletion#Template:In_space - seems like all space cats and templates are under attack and a DRV for Category:People currently in space may be called for. -MBK004 04:19, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
Country of originFor KSLV would be S. Korea. Dosent matter who produce first stage. Same apply for GSLV. In latter case it would be India(there was plans to get upper stage from abroad- but canceled now). TestPilottalk to me! 01:19, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
Clean-upJust saw that someone created this last month: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 46. It could use some help to be consistent with the others. -MBK004 21:26, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
Done - I've cleaned up the articles on LC-4, LC-6, LC-9, LC-10, LC-11, LC-12, LC-13, LC-43 and LC-46. Hope this helps. --GW… 23:42, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
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FYI. KSLV.Not for main discussion. Two new videos of KSLV (not an actual rocket, just a model). Korean part only small conus on top. But without Korea project would never happened. TestPilottalk to me! 02:05, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
No flagged revisions category up for deletionThe category associated with the no flagged revisions userbox you have placed on your user page is up for deletion at Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2009 April 23#Category:Wikipedia users who oppose Flagged Revisions and you are invited to share your opinions on the issue. Alansohn (talk) 04:55, 23 April 2009 (UTC) Greg feldeJust a friendly note on Greg felde. I've deleted the article as you requested, but I'm not sure it needs to be oversighted. He gave his phone number, but only said what his area code is not. However, if you want to go to Wikipedia:Requests for oversight and email a request for oversight on that one, be my guest.--Fabrictramp | talk to me 18:13, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
Which?Which moves in particular do you think are controversial? May I point out that in several cases these small changes to transliteration were actually the spelling used in the article text and/or in the referenced material. In general, the changes were made to name-forms that were already predominant for articles about other people with the same name. What's your evidence that these changes are controversial? RandomCritic (talk) 17:57, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
New article on the Mercury-Redstone boosterI've written a new article on the Mercury-Redstone booster, currently under my user page, and I'm particular interested in your feedback, since you're the person who decided the previous article had to go. Further discussion here. --Colin Douglas Howell (talk) 06:52, 28 April 2009 (UTC) Nice
ITN for Soyuz TMA-15--BorgQueen (talk) 12:03, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
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You did such a great job on NOTS-EV-1 Pilot, would you care to try your hand at NOTS-EV-2 Caleb? Although it also never had a confirmed success, it has a claim to be the smallest orbital launch system design. Some links: [1], [2], [3] --IanOsgood (talk) 00:52, 4 June 2009 (UTC) (Portland State Aerospace Society member)
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Progress launchesAre you confident that each launch deserves an article of its own? Perhaps a list or even a table would be more appropriate. Not that it's unnotable/unsourced, but there's really nothing to say apart from dates and raw data. NVO (talk) 17:41, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
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Spaceflight crew TemplateBefore implementing Template:Spaceflight crew on hundreds of pages, could we have some discussion about its aesthetics and whether it's an improvement on the text listing we had before? Rillian (talk) 22:34, 14 June 2009 (UTC) Talkback{{Talkback|Navy blue84}}
Unha-2Is Unha-2 a 2 stage or 3 stage vehicle ?? Astronautix uses the Taepodong-2 for Unha and has it's specifications. --Johnxxx9 (talk) 12:15, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
Most of the estimates do give these specifications. I used the one from David Wright's paper. Otherwise should we be using Astronautix specifications ?? I have used those on Naro, Shavit etc etc. --Johnxxx9 (talk) 12:25, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
North Korea hasn't (most probably willn't) released any specs. So we do have to depend on estimates. I don't think even Israel or South Korea have released the specs of their vehicles. We could have the specs by David Wright and mention it as being speculative.--Johnxxx9 (talk) 12:34, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
Re: Use of Sports LogosThanks for this. I couldn't begin to figure out why I was being invited to an RfM regarding a topic I've never really touched by a SPA. lol. — Huntster (t • @ • c) 11:53, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
Prospective Piloted Transport System (PPTS)Should the article Prospective Piloted Transport System be renamed as Rus?? It is said that Russia has named the spacecraft after the carrier rocket RusM, as is the case with all Soviet spacecraft. Also please let me know any problems with the article. --Johnxxx9 (talk) 15:25, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
File:KSLVlaunch.jpg up for deletionAn administrator has deemed the image replaceable but no image is available in the public domain. --Johnxxx9 (talk) 17:11, 20 June 2009 (UTC) Timeline of Spaceflight update and questionsIn converting the TLS lists, I've come to the point where I need to ask a few questions of you and also impose a bit.
Thanks -MBK004 04:21, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
←I just had another idea in the same line of thinking as the GOES list, there is a table of the TDRS sats here and I think this could look a great deal better along the same lines as the GOES list as well as for the articles about the system. Again, just an idea for something to do inbetween the timeline articles. -MBK004 05:54, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
AutoreviewerJust leaving you notice that I have granted the Autoreviewer user right to your account because of the number of new articles that you create/have created since this will free your new creations from needing to be patrolled by the New Page Patrol. -MBK004 11:18, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
DYK for GPS IIR-1Dravecky (talk) 14:36, 25 June 2009 (UTC)
AFD - Review of Human ...I was reading the GFDL wiki page and cannot understand how my proposal violates the GFDL. Please could you elaborate (and suggest a possible work around?) --Medic463 (talk) 14:18, 27 June 2009 (UTC) FYI:This has been brought to the attention of one of the FAC delegates: User_talk:SandyGeorgia#FAC_to_keep_an_eye_on, just in case so there aren't any more problems. -MBK004 23:40, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
ThanksThanks for cleaning up the bug that Twinkle left on my page. I try to be a pretty good editor and hate to have a CSD on my record. (I've had pages deleted in the past, and will probably again in the future, but a CSD just seems particularly ugly.) WikiDan61ChatMe!ReadMe!! 19:28, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
Re: DIRECT pageHi, I have done most of the recent work on the DIRECT page. I took out what to me was the most blatant advertisement early in the article: DIRECT will do foo, bar . . . and made it The DIRECT the team hope that foo will increase bar, zot, and baz. Some sections from the original article I have just piled together near the end of the article. I welcome any suggestions you might have. Footnotes are somewhat troublesome as the public part of the project really only exists in a forum and the AIAA (??) presentations. Thanks, Fotoguzzi (talk) 21:03, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
Thanks, I rambled a bit there. Maybe better stated: 1) I took out the most blatant advertisement early in the article. 2) The parts near the end of the article are just jumbled together from previous versions. They may be very advertisey. They are in disarray for sure. 3) If there are advertisey sections in the first half or so of the article that I have become blind to, please let me know. I might be reading more for word flow than listening for undermessages. thx, Fotoguzzi (talk) 23:36, 30 June 2009 (UTC) ITN for TerreStar-1--BorgQueen (talk) 18:42, 1 July 2009 (UTC) TfD WP Space exploration?After I'm done running through the rest of the articles marked with {{WP Space exploration}}, I had planned to TfD it. Would that actually be appropriate?
Over-linking?Hiya GW, I wanted to get your opinion. I see a bunch of instances now that look like
I tried to clean-up this article, it seems like it was taken from the French version and fed into an online translator. As can be imagined, the level of English and the grammar is wholly unprofessional, plus most of the wikilinks lead to French or German articles instead of their equivalents in English. I made an attempt to fix the article, but there is so much wrong it might be better for you to completely refurbish it as you have proven capable of. -MBK004 02:43, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
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Discussion on STS-134/133GW, I have added a discussion section on STS-134's talk page. I am not sure if this is appropriate to contact people to see if they can read it and comment. If not please forgive me, and if so I would like to know what you think. Also if you could let me know if it is OK to do this, then I would like to get others opinions too.--Navy blue84 (talk) 16:15, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
TLS newbieSaw the creation of 1977 in spaceflight, and it seems as the brand-new user Lovetravel86 (talk · contribs) is going to create all of the redlinks to this standard since they just created 1975 as well. I have left them a message noting the standards and the formatting used, and asking them to read-up before creating anymore. -MBK004 06:43, 14 July 2009 (UTC)
Re: WP:Spaceflight "Test"My edit was not a test, but rather an attempt to update the WikiProject Directory - I suspected WP:Spaceflight was inactive. You would know much better than I how active your WikiProject is - if it is still active you can mark your WikiProject active in the Directory here. Thank you. Andyo2000 (talk) 14:27, 16 July 2009 (UTC)
Merger of Flight-4 with Falcon-1Should there be a separate article for a particular flight of a launch vehicle . It would sound OK with manned-spacecraft launches but not for all launchers. I would recommend a merger of Flight-4 with the main article. --Johnxxx9 (talk) 17:06, 16 July 2009 (UTC)
NASA GARhi GW Simulations, I just wanted to let you know that the main NASA article is undergoing a Good Article Review. Most of the gruntwork is done now, and the article could use a fresh set of eyes to copy edit it, add more materiel, and offer suggestions and feedback. If you have a chance, I would appreciate it if you could take a look. Thanks!
rocket infoboxHello, I left a note in the rocket infobox discussion page. Is there a wikipedia page that uses the modern infobox form? Thanks, Fotoguzzi (talk) 09:54, 19 July 2009 (UTC)
Your input is requestedThe Military History WikiProject, of which I am one of many coordinators has a question about some reconnaissance satellites as well as black projects and their sources. The reliability of JCM's launch log as well as astronautix just to name the most prominent two has been questioned. If you wouldn't mind, please take a look at the discussion and please join in. Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Military_history/Coordinators#Report_to_the_Project_on_our_Black_Project_pages.2C_there_current_standing.2C_and_issues_that_need_to_be_addressed -MBK004 03:14, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
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Your GA nomination of Black ArrowThe article Black Arrow you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within seven days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:Black Arrow for things needed to be addressed. Colds7ream (talk) 16:46, 29 July 2009 (UTC) Progress M-67Hello. Could you please take a look at Progress M-67? It seems very unclear right now. --Ysangkok (talk) 16:04, 30 July 2009 (UTC)
Work on Template:Spaceflight navboxesGW: It would have been nice if you put a message on my talk page regarding the changes you made. I did not have a big problem, but I was in process with the template (perhaps I should have tagged it). Regarding your deletion of this section: == Usage == Place {{tl|{{PAGENAME}}}} at the end of an article, but above any categories. {{collapsible option}} The reason why I added that in there is because I added the state variable to each of those templates, so they can be configurable and I did not want to add the {{collapsible option}} on each of them. So, it would be great if you could either add that text to each of the template documentation subpages (over 100!!!) or revert your change. Thank ya! Jonverve Talk Contrib 18:04, 30 July 2009 (UTC) A) I will not think twice about editing any page that is not tagged as {{inuse}} - after all, nobody owns "their" pages so I shouldn't have to get permission from anyone to do so, and B), naming that section "Usage" made it appear to be the template's own documentation. I disagree with the need to transclude this, as it is a standard navbox parameter anyway, and given the section name you used it could cause section name conflicts. --GW… 18:10, 30 July 2009 (UTC)
Great solution, I like it! Jonverve Talk Contrib 14:10, 31 July 2009 (UTC) Seperate article for ARV ??I was thinking if ARV should be seperated form ATV (Automated Transfer Vehicle) as a seperate article. --Johnxxx9 (talk) 15:25, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
Satellite articlesSorry to circumvent your requests process, but I think I can make a case to bump these two to the top of the list. TDRS-5 and AsiaSat-5 are now redirects instead of redlinks thanks to Sdsds (talk · contribs), but I'm sure you agree that they warrant stubs of their own at the very least. -MBK004 04:09, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
Progress M1-5Let me be the first to congratulate you on the writing of this Good Article! Don't let it stop at GA, I think this one has a chance at Featured Article (I could be nuts, but that was the most detailed GA review I have ever seen on an article) and it would equal the A-Class review we do over at MILHIST. -MBK004 05:59, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
NASASpaceFlight.com not a reliable source?You may be interested in the results of this discussion: Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard#NASASpaceFlight.com -MBK004 22:29, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
Black ArrowI certainly don't want to jeopardize the GA status. Feel free to remove the material if you think that would be better. I happen to have interviewed one of the characters recently, but supporting sources are hard to locate. Annoyingly, there is an ideal source currently available at http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00lzdwj/The_One_Show_05_08_2009/ on the BBC iPlayer (have a look, scrolling forward to about 17 minutes - all the required references are supplied by the BBC here). However, like other iPlayer material, it will only be on-line for a limited period, so it isn't much use as an enduring source. There is some good biographical material about Dommett's role in the British rocket industry in footnote 2 at http://www.brohp.org.uk/downloads/prospero2_article.pdf though this is about Blue Streak not Black Arrow. Again Dommett is quoted on the BBC website, just under the photo of a Black Arrow rocket here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3388535.stm Nonetheless, after so many years of secrecy, it is true that strong references are still hard to come by. Timothy Titus Talk To TT 01:45, 7 August 2009 (UTC)
The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : XLI (July 2009)The July 2009 issue of the Military history WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you. LCROSS pageHi GW, I saw you made small tweaks to the LCROSS page today. Just a heads up, I was and am planning to upgrade the LCROSS article this week (coincidence, yes ;) to a proper wikipedia page and will host it on its official url http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_CRater_Observation_and_Sensing_Satellite with redirects to that page from /LCROSS —Preceding unsigned comment added by Navarenko (talk • contribs) 23:47, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
Top iconsI noticed that on your userpage you don't have the icon for autoreviewer with your top icons: {{Autoreviewer}}. Also, I went through your article requests and removed the completed ones as well as added some to fill-in redlinks on 2009 in spaceflight. -MBK004 03:48, 11 August 2009 (UTC)
Hmm, the template seems to be more complicated than I thought. I think I've made that mistake before, so apologies for that. What's confusing me (again) is that at Template:Launching I see a message reading "This article contains information regarding a rocket or spacecraft that is expected to launch at some future time.", which would certainly include the template in the "future" category. Are there any articles that actually use the template that way? Or rather, is there a need to use that wording anywhere? The handful of articles I checked don't use it, so you're probably right. --Conti|✉ 15:40, 11 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi. Do you think the Arrow (missile) article is within the scope of WikiProject Rocketry? Personally, I think not. Shall I remove the tag? Flayer (talk) 13:59, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
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ProtonYou created new entries for Proton-K and Proton-M. Why? Not much of a difference, too much repeating. I suggest combining all Proton variations in the main Proton article. Also, there is already a list of Proton launches, so I suggest removing the similar list altogether from the Proton article. If you agree I can do the work, I just don't want to "be bold" only to find you revert all my changes again. Mikus (talk) 17:48, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
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Help neededI want your help with articles on all the past Director Generals of ESA. There are no articles on Roy Gibson and other prominent historical figures in ESA on wiki. I have created the Roy Gibson article. Can you help me finishing the complete list of Director Generals and the article Director General of the European Space Agency ?? Regards --Johnxxx9 (talk) 15:22, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
Confusing tagHi GW, When you get a chance, do you think you could add a note about your reasoning for adding the "confusing" tag to Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill? The tag sitting there with no explaination behind it is... well, confusing! :)
I would like to come back to the fact that a performance of 20 t to LEO is listed for Ariane 5 ECA. I still think this is wrong. I went to the Ariane 5 User's Manual, Issue 5, Performances section, and it is written (page 2-9) " Ariane 5 equipped with a storable propellant upper stage in the ES version can serve the International Space Station with the Automated Transfer Vehicle, on a Low Earth Circular orbit:
The performance varies between 19 and 21 t, depending on the specific mission." So it is very clear for me that only ES is addressed, and there is no statement in the User's Manual about an ECA performance in LEO, therefore, the figure of the table is unsourced. ECA cannot do that due to lack of reignition capability of the upper stage (unability to raise perigee). Hektor (talk) 08:55, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
Naro-1 made the wrong orbit ?Russians sources are claiming that the satellite ended up in the ocean. [5] And is it a partial launch failure? Isn't the failure due to the late second stage ignition? Regards. --Johnxxx9 (talk) 14:48, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
Booster or First StageThe Rus-M is powered by 3 RD-180 engines, not a cluster but 3 different engines. Isn't this considered as 2 boosters + 1 core stage all with ground ignition muck like Delta-IV Heavy and Falcon-9 Heavy ? [6] Now the issue is should I include the 2 RD-180s in the first stage with the existent one or consider them as boosters. Thank you! --Johnxxx9 (talk) 15:19, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
Template:Launching/SpareWhy don't you put the description of the failure in the article instead? That tag has to go as soon as possible. — Jan Hofmann (talk) 09:28, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
Long March-5 ?Isn't Long March 5 a launch vehicle family rather than a single launcher? So, can you add (rocket family) to the article ? I think the present article presents the view of a single heavy launcher. Regards. --Johnxxx9 (talk) 18:53, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
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Change the titleI am working on CE-25, which is an Indian cryogenic engine. I recently found out that the name of engine is actually CE-20 (20 tons thrust ie 200 kN) and that the name of the cryogenic stage was C-25. Can you please change it to CE-20? Thank you! --Johnxxx9 (talk) 13:41, 28 August 2009 (UTC)
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Just askingDo you belive any of the space agencies that have no info need to have info? Mickman1234 (talk) 00:10, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
What i mean is that the ones that are colored red, the links to the page, do u think they need info Mickman1234 (talk) 04:14, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
sorry for bothering you all the time but did i do this right? ---> Robert Borrofice Mickman1234 (talk) 05:51, 30 August 2009 (UTC)
cool, i did attempt to do something right :) for the first time i think Mickman1234 (talk) 13:52, 30 August 2009 (UTC) theres a picture of robort borrifice but i do not know how to upload it? Mickman1234 (talk) 04:20, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
Template for Cryogenic rocket engines or Liquid-fueled rocket enginesI am planning to create a new template to list all the different cryogenic engines (or the whole bunch of liquid-fueled rocket engines if too specific). On what basis should the classification be done ? Should engines be classified as what countries they are from or their combustion cycle? Is just cryogenic engines too specific or should we create a template listing all liquid-fueled rocket engines ? Your valuable insights are appreciated! Regards. --Johnxxx9 (talk) 19:57, 30 August 2009 (UTC)
Skipped ProgressJust noticed that Progress M-13 and Progress M-15 are blue, but Progress M-14 is not. Forgot one? -MBK004 03:01, 2 September 2009 (UTC)
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HelloI have just updated the 2009 in spaceflight article which it seems you have updated a lot. Could you have a look? I also notice that there are a lot of august expected launches - well sept is here and they have not been launched yet so I wonder if you would update that. regards. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.69.60.157 (talk) 21:33, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
HTV-1 Mission PatchThe mission patch for HTV-1 was posted on NSF. [8]. Is non-free logo use rationale applicable to that ? If it is we can get it into the HTV-1 article. Regards. --Johnxxx9 (talk) 18:00, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
Common ground??I was just looking at different ISS-cargo flights like ATV-1(Juilius Verne), HTV-1, Progress M-67 et etc etc and was surprised to see that the mission info box layout is different for each of these vehicles while all having the common mission of re-supplying ISS. If we can have a common info-box layout for all manned missions, why can' there be a common info-box for re-supply missions (not just for the ISS). I would suggest a common infobox layout for all re-supply missions. Regards. --Johnxxx9 (talk) 18:27, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
Heads upI don't know if you saw this: [9], but I imagine that since I've seen my watchlist light up due to her tagging, I'm guessing that 08 and 07 and any future leads you write will become problems as well. -MBK004 05:08, 6 September 2009 (UTC)
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Im just wonderingIs there any sub-orbital missions that went orbital on accident? Mickman1234 (talk) 13:43, 10 September 2009 (UTC)
thank you very much and i was wondering are they going to update the spaceflight of 2012? Mickman1234 (talk) 06:05, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
ITN for HTV-1BorgQueen (talk) 18:15, 10 September 2009 (UTC) Common sections for launch vehiclesI think we should have some common sections in launch vehicle articles like History/Development, Vehicle Description, Variants and Launch History in the respective order. Many articles have sections like 'stage info', 'components' for 'vehicle Description'. There should be a basis for rocket articles and the sections I have listed above represents some of the most basic requirements of these articles. --Johnxxx9 (talk) 16:51, 12 September 2009 (UTC)
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L, L1, etc.Ah I had thought L abandoned, and it seemed a shame to waste such good code, and the L name. The sset L1... should now work the same as L only with one less "|". The only bit of functionality I didn't migrate was the better parameter usage "link" instead of "nolink". This can be resolved easily if you think it worth it? (I do.) Also I was thinking of linking each entity to its relevant section rather than all to the first mentioned, but maybe that is gilding the lily. All the best, Rich Farmbrough, 09:21, 16 September 2009 (UTC).
Crop drawingsHi, I was wondering if you could crop out the excess white space at the top of many of your drawings of the LM-series. It would look a lot better in the infoboxes of the respective articles. Thanks! Poliphile (talk) 19:07, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
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FYIMikus (talk · contribs) is back on Soyuz-2 (rocket) making changes and proposing changes which seem to not be in-line with out naming conventions, see: [11]. We've had to do wholesale reverts of this user before. -MBK004 04:24, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
2009 in spaceflightThere was a Proton launch on 17th September, 2009. It launched a Canadian Communications satellite. The launch does not feature in 2009 in spaceflight. Here is one of the references -[12] Johnxxx9 (talk) 14:41, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
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Its amazingEqudaor is going to put a man in space, so cool Mickman1234 (talk) 00:47, 22 September 2009 (UTC) 2009 in spaceflightI think we should add another column called 'reference' quoting launch outcome news. At present after a launch we generally don't have a common place to add references related to that launch. So a seperate reference column could help maintain uniformity throughout the article. --Johnxxx9 (talk) 17:16, 26 September 2009 (UTC)
AlsoTheres also a picture of Robert Borrofice, can it be added? Mickman1234 (talk) 00:33, 29 September 2009 (UTC) The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : XLIII (September 2009)The September 2009 issue of the Military history WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you. Helloim just wondering whats new about equadors space program and spaceflight in 2012 :) Mickman1234 (talk) 23:06, 16 October 2009 (UTC) Articles you might like to edit, from SuggestBotSuggestBot predicts that you will enjoy editing some of these articles. Have fun! SuggestBot picks articles in a number of ways based on other articles you've edited, including straight text similarity, following wikilinks, and matching your editing patterns against those of other Wikipedians. It tries to recommend only articles that other Wikipedians have marked as needing work. Your contributions make Wikipedia better -- thanks for helping. If you have feedback on how to make SuggestBot better, please tell me on SuggestBot's talk page. Thanks from ForteTuba, SuggestBot's caretaker. P.S. You received these suggestions because your name was listed on the SuggestBot request page. If this was in error, sorry about the confusion. -- SuggestBot (talk) 03:47, 18 October 2009 (UTC) Test your World War I knowledge with the Henry Allingham International Contest!As a member of the Military history WikiProject or World War I task force, you may be interested in competing in the Henry Allingham International Contest! The contest aims to improve article quality and member participation within the World War I task force. It will also be a step in preparing for Operation Great War Centennial, the project's commemorative effort for the World War I centenary. If you would like to participate, please sign up by 11 November 2009, 00:00, when the first round is scheduled to begin! You can sign up here, read up on the rules here, and discuss the contest here! The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : XLIV (October 2009)The October 2009 issue of the Military history WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you. Comment on wake-up calls in space shuttle articlesThere was a request for comment made at WikiProject:Human Spaceflight, on the inclusion of a table containing the wake up calls. If you get a minute and could comment on what you think, that would be great. Thanks!--NavyBlue84 14:34, 21 November 2009 (UTC) ISS FAC4.Hello there! As an editor who has posted a comment in one of the recent Peer Reviews, GANs or FACs of International Space Station, or who has contributed to the article recently, I was wondering if you wouldn't mind commenting in the current Featured Article Candidacy with any suggestions you have for article improvements (and being bold and making those changes), whether or not you feel any issues you have previously raised have been dealt with, and, ultimately, if you believe the article meets the Featured Article guidelines. This is the fourth FAC for this article, and it'd be great to have it pass. Many thanks in advance, Colds7ream (talk) 16:46, 7 December 2009 (UTC) The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : XIV (November 2009)The November 2009 issue of the Military history WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you. Third opinion on Soyuz statistics and refs neededI could use an outside informed opinon. C1010 (talk · contribs) has been adding ESA sources to Soyuz (rocket family) and Soyuz (spacecraft) that present inaccurate information and when questioned on it he has been defensive and said since ESA is a reliable pubished source I have no basis for revering the edits because their content is factually wrong. He claims that the Soyuz vehicle has flown 1700+ times instead of all R-7 based vehicles. The relevant two discussions are: User_talk:MBK004#Please_follow_Wikipedia_rules.2C_don.27t_invent_your_own and User talk:C1010#Bad refs. Thanks, -MBK004 22:28, 21 December 2009 (UTC) Year-end housecleaningYou might have noticed that things haven't ran as smoothly in your break, so welcome back! I've been getting started on some of the year-end updating, and from the looks of it, so have you. I just noticed when updating List of R-7 launches (2005-2009) that it is time for new lists for these types of lists (R-7, Atlas, Thor/Delta) and in looking the Ariane and Proton lists should probably be split. -MBK004 09:14, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
KSLV-1Official KARI website, http://www.kari.re.kr/ do use "Korea Space Launch Vehicle-I" name. The two references about "Naro-1", one claim rocket "also called" and another one talking Korean name('나로 ???) without mentioning "Naro-1". Renamed article to match English name officially used by KARI. Vitall (talk) 14:45, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
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