• Glitterbomb@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    I’ll pick up the pedantic torch. Trains are made of train cars, I’d argue each one is a separate car or vehicle even though they’re strapped together.

    I feel like The ISS ticks a lot of the boxes for a vehicle though, how big is that?

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      8 days ago

      Sure, but quite often in EMUs the cars come in sets that can’t operate disconnected from each other, so I’d argue that they still comprise a single vehicle.

      I’d argue that the ISS, due to lacking means of propulsion (unless you count explosive decompression) is not a vehicle.

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        9 days ago

        The ISS has two different propulsion systems and has used them to avoid debris. I don’t think that it has enough power to leave orbit and reach greater altitude.