Talk:Shuttle Landing Facility

Merger
I would suggest that, per Naming Conventions, we merge NASA Shuttle Landing Facility into Shuttle Landing Facility rather than the other way around. - more common usage, unneccisary disambiguation --GW_Simulations |User Page 19:26, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I redirected the Shuttle Landing Facility page into the NASA Shuttle Landing Facility page, so we don't need a merge. Big  top  19:14, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Requested move

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no move, since there seems to be no particular clamour for it and the current title is unambiguous. Guy 08:48, 13 September 2006 (UTC) NASA Shuttle Landing Facility → Shuttle Landing Facility – (Over redirect with history)Simple WP:NC, it is called Shuttle Landing Facility, and most commonly reffered to as this. GW_SimulationsUser Page 22:01, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

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PAGE MOVED per reasonable and well-argued request, previous request was unopposed. If somebody objects, let them say so and we can talk about it then. -GTBacchus(talk) 00:24, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Requested move
NASA Shuttle Landing Facility → Shuttle Landing Facility — WP:NC states that the most common form should be used. This is clearly Shuttle Landing Facility not NASA Shuttle Landing Facility. If you look at the pages that link here, then, excluding those that link through, most link to Shuttle Landing Facility. A quick Google search confirms this - 655 results for the phrase NASA shuttle landing facility vs 92,100 for shuttle landing facility. Sadly, Shuttle Landing Facility has a history, so I cannot move this myself. Note: my last request for this move was unopposed, however it was never implemented. GW_SimulationsUser Page 20:47, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

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Question About Shuttles
How do they get the shuttles back to KSC? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 76.16.151.77 (talk) 20:45, 10 May 2007 (UTC).

Runway naming
Isn't it a bit strange that the runway is 15 and 33? shouldn't it be 15 and 30-31, or 16-17 and 33? 09:34, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
 * What is strange about it? The runway is aligned northwest/southeast (330 degrees northwest/150 degrees southeast). Fl295 18:58, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

"Gator tanning facility"
Sounds like a hoax to me. --20% 00:04, 7 November 2008 (UTC)
 * While I don't see an online reference for the specific term, the style sounds consistent with NASA worker nicknames and should be non-controversial.  It had to be called the "gator facility".  Undeveloped areas of KSC are a wildlife refuge, including literally thousands of alligators.  There is indeed a well-documented problem with clearing alligators off the Shuttle Landing Facility runway before a shuttle landing.  When I've visited Central Florida, I noticed that alligators and lightning rods have something in common: once you notice one of them, you notice that they're everywhere. Ikluft (talk) 02:15, 7 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I don't doubt the nickname as such, I just haven't found evidence that alligators regularly stay on the actual runway (as opposed to the surroundings). But that seems fine now ;-) Thanks. --20% 23:45, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

City Location
It says in Merrit Island, but merrit island is located more south of it. i think it is more in Titusville because the visitor center is south of that and it is in titusville. Parker1297 (talk) 16:13, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

What year
What year did it open? 1992? 99.151.253.124 (talk) 19:07, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

First landing?
Just curious about one thing--I know STS-41B was the first orbital mission to land at the Shuttle Landing Facility, but was this also the first time an Orbiter landed there? Did NASA do any kind of aproach and landing test before using the facility "for real?"--Craigkbryant (talk) 20:20, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

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"Gator tanning facility"
I have added a "failed verification" tag to the claim that the facility is also known as the "gator tanning facility." If we can't find a source for this, I think it should be removed. CapitalSasha ~ talk 00:40, 16 August 2022 (UTC)