Talk:Orion Spacecraft accomplishes first spaceflight test

Farther than any spacecraft in four decades
The source article says farther than any spacecraft designed to carry humans in four decades. Uncrewed probes have traveled millions of miles (or kilometers). That's not the big problem with the sentence, though. I was able to verify, from the sources provided, what it means. As worded by the source (NASA), it ought to mean distance traveled, in which it's probably false because a space station going 'round and 'round the Earth adds up to a lot of miles (or kilometers). My best guess would be that it really means, farther away from the Earth. But I don't know that, and if it's explained in the source I didn't find it. I'm disappointed to think NASA would be so sloppy in throwing around ill-defined claims. --Pi zero (talk) 19:56, 8 December 2014 (UTC)
 * what I meant to say is that it's the farthest any spacecraft designed to carry humans has flown from the surface of the earth, which means altitude with respect to the earth's surface, I hope this clears things up. —Sam.gov (talk) 20:03, 8 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Well, as I say, that's what I figured NASA probably meant, but it's not what they said, and I don't see how to verify it from the sources given. --Pi zero (talk) 20:08, 8 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Hmm. Okay, on further reflection I think I'm willing to concede the point.  --Pi zero (talk) 20:44, 8 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Okay. —Sam.gov (talk) 20:50, 8 December 2014 (UTC)