Template:Did you know nominations/Mars Society

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The result was: promoted by Bruxton talk 20:01, 29 March 2024 (UTC)

Mars Society

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Elon Musk at a Mars Society conference

... that Elon Musk (pictured) was briefly a board member of the Mars Society before founding SpaceX? Source: Vance, Ashlee (2015). Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future. New York: HarperCollins. p. 99-100, 113. ISBN 978-0-06-230123-9. OCLC 881436803.
Quote: "Musk’s first interactions with the aeronautics community were with an eclectic collection of space enthusiasts, members of a nonprofit group called the Mars Society. Dedicated to exploring and settling the Red Planet, the Mars Society planned to hold a fund-raiser in mid-2001" [...] "Musk took to the Mars Society right away and joined its board of directors. He donated another $100,000 to fund a research station in the desert as well." [...] "Founded in June 2002, Space Exploration Technologies came to life in humble settings."
- Reviewed:

Improved to Good Article status by CactiStaccingCrane (talk). Self-nominated at 12:50, 9 March 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Mars Society; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

If possible, could this hook be displayed on March 14, 15 or 16? This is because they are close to the expected launch date of the third SpaceX Starship test flight. CactiStaccingCrane (talk) 13:32, 9 March 2024 (UTC)

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook eligibility:

Cited:
Interesting: - ?

Image eligibility:

Freely licensed:
Used in article:
Clear at 100px: - n

QPQ: Done.

Overall: @CactiStaccingCrane: Newness passes as a recent GA. QPQ not needed. The source is cited but I'm just wondering if this really is the only interesting fact that can be gleaned from this article. Would be interested in potentially seeing some ALTs. The picture isn't the greatest but technically meets requirements. A different picture that might pair with an ALT might be interesting here as well. GA eligibility confirmed. Preference for Alt 1 and Alt 2, no pic to be used. Seddon ^talk 09:19, 18 March 2024 (UTC) Seddon ^talk 09:19, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

ALT1: ... that the Mars Society's founding conference included a rancorous debate about the ethics of terraforming?

I think the Elon Musk photo violates WP:DYKIMG ("Try to avoid images that divert readers from the bolded article into a side article ") RoySmith (talk) 02:42, 12 March 2024 (UTC)

- I understand why this hook is rejected now. How about:
- ALT2: ... that the Mars Society organizes the Rover Challenge Series for Martian rovers made by university students? CactiStaccingCrane (talk) 10:22, 15 March 2024 (UTC)
  - @CactiStaccingCrane: could you note the sources used for both ALT's Seddon ^talk 15:56, 15 March 2024 (UTC)
    - ALT1 can be verified in page 309-311 in Morton, Oliver (2003). Mapping Mars: Science, Imagination, and the Birth of a World. Picador. ISBN 978-0312422615..
    - ALT2 can be verified in Wieczorek, Luiza; Piech, Wiktor; Cybulski, Bartłomiej; Kujawiński, Mateusz; Węgierska, Agnieszka (2018-12-30). "Participation in international robotics competitions as a new form of student travel". Turyzm (Tourism). 28 (2): 63–72. doi:10.2478/tour-2018-0016. hdl:11089/27873. ISSN 2080-6922. Archived from the original on 3 January 2023. Retrieved 3 January 2023.. CactiStaccingCrane (talk) 06:31, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
      - We are all good! Seddon ^talk 09:19, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
        Thank you so much Seddon! CactiStaccingCrane (talk) 12:33, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

I do not know who offered ALT1 but I like it the best. Bruxton (talk) 20:00, 29 March 2024 (UTC)