Talk:Extended Duration Orbiter

message: In response to a question from Mark Carreau, did Wayne Hale say STS-120 was the longest duration mission to the ISS? (He mentioned non-ISS missions that had flown with an "Extended Duration Orbiter" pallet. Was STS-80 an example of those?) Even before landing has STS-120 already set a record for "longest duration of a shuttle docked to ISS"? (sdsds - talk) 18:42, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Ahhh, let me pull out my excel spreadsheet that has the durations... STS-80 was 17 days, 15 hours, 53 minutes (landing delayed due to weather for 2 days), but yes, that was with the EDO config. STS-78 (EDO) was 16 days, 21 hours, 47 minutes. STS-67 (EDO) was 16 days, 15 hours, 9 minutes. STS-73 (EDO), STS-90 (EDO), (and STS-107 EDO? Unsure.) were all 15 days 20+ hours. All of those will be longer than STS-120, (assuming the first STS-120 landing is clear for weather, prelim reports look good). If the orbiter lands on schedule, MET will be 15 days, 2 hours, 24 minutes. If weather delays the landing, then it could possibly end up being the longest shuttle flight ever, EDO or not, but I really doubt that they'd need 2+ days to get a good landing op. So, I'd say yes, this is the longest non-EDO flight, but the SSPTS sort of does the same thing (more or less), allowing the orbiter to stay docked longer. As for longest docked mission, I'll have to go back through more carefully, but I'd guess yes, most docked ops last for 8-9 days, this one was just shy of 11 days. Ariel♥Gold 19:01, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: STS-107 had the EDO pallet. anonymous6494 09:50, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Ahh, I figured as much, thanks for the confirmation! Ariel♥Gold 15:10, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The extended duration orbiter pallet article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by [ expanding it].  ;-) (sdsds - talk) 07:59, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Awesome, Sdsds! Ariel♥Gold 11:52, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mission duration (vs. STS-80) 

message: I have added a tad more to this article. I'm considering moving the page to "Extended Duration Orbiter" and merging the content into that article. EDO is the program of which the pallet was part. There were other things developed under that program name, like an EDO waste compactor and some other small things. As such  I think it's handier to have a bit wider "EDO" article, rather then just a couple of stubs of which half might not even be worth mentioning. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 17:18, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I searched, and don't see a page for "Extended Duration Orbiter", or "Extended duration orbiter". Does the article not exist yet? Either way, sounds like a good idea to me, DJ! :) Ariel♥Gold 23:21, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Widening the scope of the extended duration orbiter pallet article to include more than just the pallet itself would be great! If the article were renamed extended duration orbiter, what would the first sentence say? That looks like a noun phrase, but it might not have really been one. Would extended duration orbiter missions work? Should this discussion really be at Talk:extended duration orbiter pallet? (sdsds - talk) 23:40, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: We'd have to do some research into it to find out proper capitalization. Was it a program that was a proper noun, "Extended Duration Orbiter Program"? Was it just a term, that would not require capitalization of more than the first name, "Extended duration orbiter"? I recall reading about the upgrades back then, but off the top of my head without looking into it, I couldn't say if it should all be capitalized or not. Once decided, the current page, Extended duration orbiter pallet should be page-moved, to keep the history intact. Ariel♥Gold 23:50, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I already moved it, but we can discuss it further there. As a matter of fact, i'm moving this discussion as well now. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 01:25, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Looks awesome, DJ, great job! And sorry if I caused you any edit conflicts just now, lol. Ariel♥Gold 01:32, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: None whatsoever. what a miracle right ? I hope to add a bit more to it still, but it is a pretty good start i think. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 01:46, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

text: Back to the name: I have trouble figuring out how this program worked and was defined within NASA, so i'm a bit stuck on the name as it is. :( --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 02:22, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Moving/renaming from extended duration orbiter pallet 

message: What rate did the EDO LH & LOX liquid boil off at ? or was it not significant (well insulated?). 
Did the Orbiter use on-board LH & LOX, before, after or in parallel with the EDO supplies ? - Rod57 (talk) 10:36, 13 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  What rate did the LH & LOX liquid boil off at