Is a suited astronaut on EVA a spacecraft?

[JEL]

@wehaveaproblem; I think so. I don't see how you can avoid having to do that from time to time. Definitions follow knowledge and view-points, and as that/those change so will the definitions have to. It's a continuing refinement, at-least as far as I see it.

 

[Radu094]

Does it hold people/persons? (check)
Does it hold oxygen? (check)
Does it have propulsion? (check)
Can it carry payloads? (check)
Will it blend? (not check)

It gets easier than that: [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacecraft"]Spacecraft[/ame] : A spacecraft or spaceship is a craft or machine designed for spaceflight.

Does it fly in space? (check)

Also, the oapiIsVessel(EVA) seems to agree. And you shouldn't ever argue with the Orbiter API.

I guess, technically, the name Spacecraft/Spaceship should imply something that one can use to travel/move/live arround in space. And the EVA suit falls a bit short of that in my opinion.