[Data-modeling] space mission

[Spencer Kelly]

hello all, I'm feeling that the time has come to bulk up our space
mission<http://www.freebase.com/view/spaceflight/space_mission>schema.
if unfamiliar, the schema (one of our first) is well-built, but modest - and
doesn't support modeling the things a space mission does outside of
its 'Mission
destination<http://www.freebase.com/type/schema/spaceflight/mission_destination>'
property, which are quite numerous.

Principally, i think we should now treat launches and landings as events.
This is a smooth way to begin adding data here, and also most generous
toward other types (crowd event, televised event, disaster.. ) that could be
adding data here. A date property isn't sufficient for these subjects.

aswell, i think mission should cotype project
focus<http://www.freebase.com/type/schema/projects/project_focus?domain=%2Fprojects>,
for funding, design, and management information.

space missions take part in other events, like flybys, dockings, accidents,
particular experiments, diplomatic events, and spacewalks - which are all
begging to become structured data.
sounds like a ripe subject for a bit of brainstorming...
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