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[–] Glitterbomb@lemmy.world 19 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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?

[–] Walk_blesseD@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

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.~~

[–] shai_hulud@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] Walk_blesseD@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago

In that case yeah, I guess it is a vehicle.

[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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[–] Th3D3k0y@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

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[–] Batbro@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago