Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Space Shuttle orbiters/archive1

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The list was not promoted by Giants2008 10:01, 12 October 2013 (UTC) [1].[reply]

List of Space Shuttle orbiters[edit]

Featured list candidates/List of Space Shuttle orbiters/archive1

Nominator(s): — ΛΧΣ²¹ 04:27, 19 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Space Shuttle Orbiter was the orbital spacecraft of the Space Shuttle program operated by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the space agency of the United States. The orbiter was a reusable winged "space-plane", a mixture of rockets, spacecraft, and aircraft. A total of six Orbiters were built for flight, and all were built by Rockwell International. The first Orbiter to fly, Enterprise, took its maiden voyage in 1977. The service life of the Space Shuttle was extended several times until 2011 when it was finally retired. — ΛΧΣ²¹ 04:27, 19 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose it's nice, but I can't see why it can't be merged back to Space Shuttle Orbiter since most of the prose would be repeated, and the main article is hardly supersized. The Rambling Man (talk) 16:38, 20 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- I see what you mean, but I sort of disagree. Were Space Shuttle Orbiter be at GA or FA level, there would definitely not be space for this table in there. — ΛΧΣ²¹ 17:03, 22 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  - But they're not, and until such a time, there's no reason why this couldn't be merged into the "Fleet" section. The Rambling Man (talk) 17:07, 22 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    - I prefer not to merge it, but I see your point. I am withdrawing this for the time being. — ΛΧΣ²¹ 18:26, 29 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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