Talk:Crawler-transporter

message: I remember hearing about an old Amiga computer game that was about finishing a good shuttle mission. One part of this "realistic" simulation was a real-time sequence with the Crawler-Transporter, taking some monotonous eight hours to play, with only few things to do ("drive forward"). Does anyone know which game I mean? --Abdull 08:29, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: If you like that kind of game, you should try 50K Racewalker. --18.252.5.9 08:02, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Amiga computer game

message: The crawler was recently on an episode of Dirty Jobs.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.190.222.115 (talk) 04:27, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: TV and other informative appearances

message: The tacked-on statement in the references section contradicts the main article.  What are the nick names for the transporters, and will they be retired or upgraded?
Adam850 08:20, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Contrdiction

message: Shouldn't it be Crawler-Transporter, with a capitalized "T"? --DavidDCM (talk) 12:31, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Crawler-transporter

message: The article says these were built for Apollo.  How did they move the Mercury and Gemini rockets to the launch pads?  Or did they just assemble them right on the pad?  It would be interesting to add this bit of history to the article.  -- RoySmith (talk) 23:14, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: What did they do before Apollo?

message: The article says the crawler-transporter will be used for Ares I & V.
How would cancellation of constellation change this?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.177.217.121 (talk) 19:13, 28 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Post Shuttle

message: "When they were built, they were the largest tracked vehicles in the world, a title later taken by the German Bagger 288 excavator." - Incorrect, the crawlers were never the biggest somethings. See http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagger_255  I mean, you´re welcome to believe your own b/s, but please save the rest of the world from your whining, when you end up in a Mercedes-Benz commercial. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yZK5xLhxxY   best regards, --212.23.103.40 (talk) 05:17, 24 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why do you gringos always fall for your own propaganda? 

message: OpenStreetMap  () if somebody can find a suitable way of linking it into the article, or wants to make a reasonable map of the system from it.  —Sladen (talk) 17:22, 7 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  OpenStreetMap 

message: Russia uses a diesel locomotive and a multiple railway track wide waggon to bring its assembled space rocketry to the launch pad. USA uses road vehicles for the same purpose. I think railway sounds more logical and less burdensome with regards to logistics (less peope and maintenance needed). Why did USA choose the crawler-transporters? Maybe it has something to do with the preferences of W. von Braun? (His prior employers, the nazis had a comparable sized mega-tank project called the Ratte a.k.a. the P-1500.) 79.120.166.231 (talk) 20:50, 19 October 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Ah, there it is - the n-word. Keep up the good work, shoa-business needs you. 46.115.36.25 (talk) 06:36, 11 December 2013 (UTC)

text: It is an interesting question. my guess (a) the 5% grade  (b) sparks  (c) cool. Greglocock (talk) 03:47, 13 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  What is the rationale? 

message: The source given for the mass of a crawler-transporter lists its mass as "2,721 metric tons (6 million pounds)." The article has rewritten this as "2,721,000 kilograms (5,999,000 lb)." This looks like false precision to me. 6,000,000 pounds even is slightly greater than 2,721,000 kilograms, but to round down by a thousand pounds only serves to introduce error. Is it just done like this so the article doesn't directly quote the source? 66.44.41.91 (talk) 20:57, 7 January 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: , thanks for pointing this out. No reason for it other than the Convert template automatically assigned the precision in pounds based on the four significant digits in kilograms. I've fixed this in the article. — Huntster (t @ c) 21:40, 7 January 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh cool, I didn't even know we had a template like that. Thanks! 66.44.41.91 (talk) 03:32, 8 January 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: I've retrieved the original , and in a few edits added an  plus explicit  of what the source actually states.  This will, I hope, discourage future introduction of false precision beyond what the source states.  By looking at the original source we can deduce is is quite likely the metric tonneage is itself a reverse conversion from the suspiciously round 6e10 lb figure, hence we shouldn't be pretending that there is more precision or accuracy than what is stated.  The conversion is only there to aid readability, for readability having a row of 999s doesn't help. —Sladen (talk) 19:45, 8 January 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  False precision of mass 

message: The article uses the term "crawler(s)" in several places to refer to the crawler-transporter(s). Is this a normal usage in published sources, or just enthusiasts' jargon? If the latter, these terms should probably be changed to "crawler-transporter(s)"; if the former, then "crawler" should be added to the lead paragraph per MOS:LEADALT. —Sangdeboeuf (talk) 03:25, 11 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Crawler"? 

message: Is there any evidence if the crawler has a toilet on board? As the travelling time from the VAB to the start platforms is around 8 hours, there is definitively a demand for it. - Another Question: Which crawler is Hans and which wone is Franz? Bullenwächter (talk) 19:18, 22 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Toilet on board! 

message: Kennedy_Space_Center_Launch_Complex_39#Mobile_Service_Structure says the C-T was also used to move the Mobile Service Structure between pads 39A and 39B and its parking location near 39A. - Rod57 (talk) 10:40, 12 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  The C-T was also used to move the Mobile Service Structure