Template:Did you know nominations/Paul Blasingame
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The result was: promoted by 97198 (talk) 09:11, 28 July 2022 (UTC)
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Paul Blasingame
Apollo spacecraft inertial measurement unit
- ... that Paul Blasingame was a member of the "inertial mafia", who advocated the use of inertial navigation systems, and he oversaw the development of the one used by the Apollo spacecraft (pictured)? Source: https://www.afspc.af.mil/Portals/3/documents/Pioneers/2009_Blasingame.pdf
Created by Hawkeye7 (talk). Self-nominated at 21:46, 3 July 2022 (UTC).
New enough and long enough. QPQ present. Hook fact checks out and is in article. No textual issues seen; Earwig does, though, catch a lot of common organization names (MIT, etc.) and unavoidable word formulations from his obituary. Image is freely licensed and does have some pop at small sizes. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 01:08, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
