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Gemini Bogey incident

Lovell: BOGEY AT 10 O'CLOCK HIGH. Capcom: This is Houston. Say again 7.

Lovell: SAID WE HAVE A BOGEY AT 10 O'CLOCK HIGH. Capcom: Gemini 7, is that the booster or is that an actual sighting?

Lovell: WE HAVE SEVERAL...ACTUAL SIGHTING. Capcom: ...Estimated distance or size?

Lovell: WE ALSO HAVE THE BOOSTER IN SIGHT... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.156.30.40 (talk) 00:10, October 30, 2018 (UTC)

Hot dog sandwich

I find it an outrage that there is no mention of Lovell's referring to hot dogs as sandwiches in this article. 😡

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/is-a-hot-dog-a-sandwich-the-apollo-13-astronauts-had_b_5ae1cdd8e4b0ee6c483a0df2

Heyzeuss (talk) 10:44, 21 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. This is a deeply biased article and is part of the reason why our society is going downhill these days. How can we, as a community, allow this kind of gross negligence to occur?

Hot dogs are sandwiches. Its just a fact.

Something has to be done. The readers both demand and deserve immediate action, and its about damn time an honest hardworking editor around here started caring about the real issues facing readers everywhere. RocketDoggo (talk) 16:41, 25 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

WWII Victory Medal

For an explanation of how Lovell qualified for the WWII Victoy Medal though he joined the Navy after the war see: http://www.collectspace.com/ubb/Forum38/HTML/001896.html It was approved for people who served to Dec 31, 1946. This part is backed up by the wiki article on the medal. In it he says he thinks he never wore it. Consequently I think the medal's status should stay as is, he was entitled to the award but should not be listed as a veteran of the war. Seven Pandas (talk) 11:52, 18 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Do we have a WP:RS that he received that medal? I don't think a guy posting on a collectspace forum saying he contacted Lovell qualifies. TJRC (talk) 03:43, 19 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Victoy should be Victory. Simply a typo, otherwise not an issue. JonR99 (talk) 19:40, 25 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Edit Request / Double-Check

Second paragraph,

"He was then assigned to was assigned to Electronics Test, working with...."

Is this grammar correct or needing fixing? I think "assigned to" is accidentally twice. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.85.17.230 (talk) 03:44, 28 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks IP, the repetition has been fixed. JennyOz (talk) 03:56, 28 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Small correction - in the Apollo 13 section "Nine months later, Apollo 14 would make the voyage to Fra Mauro, with modified fuel tanks and an extra battery for emergencies." For Apollo 14, the oxygen tanks were modified, not the fuel tanks.

http://www.collectspace.com/ubb/Forum29/HTML/000824.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:152:C100:2D56:4599:A44E:4A95:86CB (talk) 20:33, 16 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done Corrected. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:43, 16 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Apollo 13

Question: Is it correct that, as stated in the article, that Lovell "gave the ok" to empty the O2 tanks using the new procedure? Wouldn't it be more accurate to attribute the responsibility of the O2 tank emptying issue to the team that devised the new procedure and certified the tank? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.73.240.94 (talk) 18:25, 8 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It is correct. The article apportions responsibility. Lovell approved the action taken. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:06, 8 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Timber Cove location

Isn't Timber Cove east, not south, of the Space Center? GA-RT-22 (talk) 16:13, 25 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Marilyn Lovell

Now that Marilyn Lovell has her own New York Times obituary, maybe she should have her own page instead of redirecting to her husband's? Jsnell (talk) 21:04, 4 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Feel free to create an article. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 21:20, 4 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Last living member of Astronaut Group 2

As of the death of Tom Stafford, Jim Lovell is the last surviving member of Astronaur Group 2. 99.196.135.189 (talk) 01:11, 23 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]