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The article was promoted by Gog the Mild via FACBot (talk) 26 December 2020 [1].

John Young (astronaut)

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Nominator(s): Balon Greyjoy (talk) 09:49, 3 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This article is about the Gemini, Apollo, and Space Shuttle-era astronaut, John Young. This article just passed its GA nomination, and I hope to continue its improvement to FA status. Balon Greyjoy (talk) 09:49, 3 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Passing comments from Spicy

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Nice work on the article. I am not feeling up to doing a full review at the moment, but here are a few things I noticed while skimming.

CollectSPACE is edited by Robert Pearlman, who is a recognized space historian. I think it's been discussed at one of my Apollo FACs, favorably, but I'd have to poke through.--Wehwalt (talk) 18:51, 5 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Sounds good then - to be clear I wasn't implying that these sources are unreliable, just that it wasn't entirely obvious to me that they are RS from a quick look. Spicy (talk) 19:44, 5 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • I am concerned by the article's heavy reliance on Forever Young: A Life of Adventure in Air and Space, which is an autobiography and not really an independent source. Have all possible sources been consulted?
    I'll see if I can find more sources about the missions, as well as anything else about his life. Information about his pre- and post-spaceflight careers was surprisingly sparse (or my Google skills are lacking) and I relied a lot more on his autobiography than I wanted to. Balon Greyjoy (talk) 10:30, 4 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    Definitely realizing that I was lazier than I should have been regarding multiple resources (including some that I had either as a PDF on my computer or a book on my shelf) and am working my way through improving the refs (and the content) of the mission sections. Not finding much more about Young's early life or his time in management. Balon Greyjoy (talk) 12:10, 5 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    @Spicy: Did what I could to reduce the use of Young's autobiography; could I get your thoughts on it now? Balon Greyjoy (talk) 16:55, 22 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    @Spicy: Would you be able to return and provide further feedback for the review? Thanks! Balon Greyjoy (talk) 10:24, 2 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Spicy (talk) 18:16, 3 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Comments by Wehwalt

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I gather ref improvement is in progress so I'll hold off on reviewing until I'm pinged. Some of the books by Burgess or French contain short bios of some of the astronauts, I'll look through what I have and see what I can find.--Wehwalt (talk) 18:51, 5 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
There's a thumbnail bio, a page or two, in Colin Burgess's Moon Bound: Choosing and Preparing NASA's Lunar Astronauts. If you send me an email I can email you a copy or alternatively tell you where you can download one if it's too big to send.--Wehwalt (talk) 19:31, 5 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Wehwalt: Completed the ref improvement (famous last words)! Looking at the info in the Burgess book, is there much additional info about Young's early like/late career in the provided bio? Thanks! Balon Greyjoy (talk) 16:54, 22 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I will let you know. Meantime, I'll proceed.
  • I think his selection as an astronaut, which group/year would be usefully in lede.
  • " He completed a Pacific deployment as fire control and division officer in the Sea of Japan during the Korean War." Presumably this was aboard the Laws and I would say so, it reads oddly to describe him as in the Sea of Japan with no mention of ship.
  • "In 1962, Young was assigned to fly with Fighter Squadron 143 (VF-143) until his selection as an astronaut candidate in September 1962" Astronaut candidate? As I understand it, when they were selected by NASA, they became astronauts.
  • "Young was assigned to work on the environmental controls system and survivor gear. Young's group selected the David Clark G3C pressure suit," I might say control rather than controls. The word "group" could be taken to refer to the Group II astronauts, or to the people he was working with in his specialty at NASA.
  • "On the third orbit, Young fired the retrorocket " singular or plural?
  • Is it worth mentioning that Young was reprimanded over the sandwich?
  • Could you clarify what you're asking? Do you think the sandwich description/subsequent investigation is too long and its not worth mentioning, or do you think there should be more info about Young getting reprimanded? Thanks! Balon Greyjoy (talk) 18:45, 24 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
It doesn't mention the reprimand. I'm asking whether it should.--Wehwalt (talk) 22:03, 24 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not finding any sources about any sort of official reprimand for Young, only that it became a bit of a scandal and reflected badly on him and NASA. Any additional info on this? Balon Greyjoy (talk) 07:19, 25 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Try this.--Wehwalt (talk) 07:34, 25 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
My opinion is to leave it out, since all that source says is that Young was reprimanded, but there's no specifics about the reprimand itself (was there any sort of punishment or just Young getting a stern talking to?). I think putting it in there implies some sort of negative consequences for Young, which will seem unexplained because the next section talks about his subsequent crew assignment. Balon Greyjoy (talk) 07:57, 25 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
It apparently was in written form since the NYT profile of Young before Apollo 10 mentions he kept it on his desk next to the plastic-encased sandwich remains. I'd tend to agree with you. There were no regulations against what he did (in fact, this seems to be what caused Slayton to require prior approval of items to be flown) and it certainly did not hold him back in his career.--Wehwalt (talk) 08:58, 25 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • "After Gemini 3, Grissom and Young were assigned as backup commander and pilot for Gemini 6A" I guess if you want to be technical, when they were assigned, it was for Gemini 6. That was changed to 6A after the mission did not launch when it was supposed to.
  • "The primary mission of Gemini 10 was to dock with an Agena target vehicle and use its engines to maneuver, which had been a failed objective of Gemini 8 and Gemini 9. " The maneuvering failed, yes, but Gemini 8 did dock with an Agena. I'd be clearer.
  • "At 3:39 PM, the Agena target vehicle launched and successfully entered orbit. Gemini 10 launched as scheduled at 5:20 PM on July 18, 1966 from LC-19," I'd mention the date early on.
  • "PM" Don't we lower case am and pm?
  • "After 18 hours into the flight," This is odd phrasing
  • I really question whether tears need a link.
  • "due to irritation from the anti fog compound in their masks. Masks or helmets?
  • "After the crew was recovered aboard the ship, flight controllers completed several burns on the Agena target vehicle because putting it in a 352 kilometers (219 mi) circular orbit to be used as a target for future missions.[7]:350" You use "because" but never give a reason.
  • "On November 13, 1968, NASA announced that the Apollo 10 crew would be commanded by Stafford and with Cernan as the Lunar Module Pilot and Young as Command Module Pilot." Shouldn't this be in order of rank?
  • "To get realistic training, mission control linked the Command Module and Lunar Module simulators to work with the crew in two spacecraft simultaneously." I'm not sure you're making your point. Maybe "to get realistic training, Young in the Command Module simulator, and Stafford and Cernan in the Lunar Module simulator, were linked with each other and with mission control." That's probably not perfect, but it gets the point across.
  • "Apollo Program manager" Apollo Program Spacecraft manager. The Apollo Program manager was Sam Phillips.
  • "Duke exposed both the primary and backup crews to the German measles, causing Swigert to replace Ken Mattingly, who was not immune to German measles, two days prior to the launch.[10]:88[11]" I would suggest the passive voice, so "causing the replacement of Ken Mattingly by Swigert", as it is it sounds like an usurpation. I might identify Mattingly as the prime crew's CMP.
  • "To prepare for their EVAs, Young and Duke participated in field exercises to prepare for the geological research." I'd avoid the double use of prepare.
  • "Young tripped over the cables to the heat flow sensors, which broke their communication link with Earth.[12]" I'd make it clearer these were the sensors' communication links, not the astronauts.
  • Check capitalization of "crater" for consistency.
  • I suspect you have the wrong Christmas Island. I think you want the one in Kiribati.
  • "SRBs" and these are?
  • It might be worth mentioning that Young and the other three early Space Shuttle astronauts were cited in the award of the Collier Trophy to NASA and others, although they didn't get it themselves.
I've made a fair number of hands on edits. Give it a careful read please. I will do the same once you're done with this.
Thanks for your edits; definitely not surprised but a little embarrassed with how many silly errors I managed to put in this article. I'll address your comments in the coming days; thanks for them! Balon Greyjoy (talk) 08:31, 24 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I will reproduce some text from Moon Bound on the talk page of this FAC.--Wehwalt (talk) 20:23, 23 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! Balon Greyjoy (talk) 07:57, 25 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Are you ready for me to give it a re-read?--Wehwalt (talk) 11:42, 29 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Wehwalt: That would be much appreciated; thanks! Balon Greyjoy (talk) 07:35, 30 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Further comments:
  • What is your capitalization method for spacecraft (and for that matter, military) ranks? You have him as Commander (Apollo 16) but then as command module pilot (Apollo 10), and yet again, commander (Apollo 16, still in lead). In passing, Apollo 16 is double-linked and the info somewhat repetitive.
  • I'm talking about the lead. "He became the ninth person to walk on the Moon as commander of the Apollo 16 mission in 1972. " vs. "He was the commander of Apollo 16, and walked on the Moon's surface." I would change the second one, perhaps "After that, he commanded Apollo 16, and spent three days on the lunar surface with fellow astronaut Charles Duke, exploring the Descartes Highlands." Or something. The point is, if you return to the subject, and probably you should, make it about something a little different.--Wehwalt (talk) 17:51, 2 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Why VF-103 vs. VFA-103?
  • You still haven't lower-cased all the "PM"s (Gemini 10, for example).
  • "both at the Manned Spacecraft Center and at Cape Canaveral" Was the place where they trained called Cape Canaveral in 1968/9?
  • I'd mention that Apollo 10 was the dress rehearsal for the lunar landing. As it is, the significance of the mission is not stated.
  • Capitalization of Command Module and Lunar Module not consistent, please check throughout.
More soon.--Wehwalt (talk) 13:51, 2 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for coming back to provide more feedback; hopefully it can get to FA before the review times out. Balon Greyjoy (talk) 16:48, 2 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • "from an exterior camera" Was there only one in the SIM bay? Apollo 15 had two.
  • I think it's worth mentioning from the source I gave you that Young remained on astronaut flight status until his retirement.
  • I think that will be a little confusing to the reader to explicitly say that Young never came off flight status, because then the question comes up of why he didn't fly for the final 21 years of his NASA career if he was on flight status the whole time. I think it's sufficient to say that his position became managerial, and the article doesn't say anything about him coming off flight status. Also, I'm not sure what source to which you are referring; do you mean the Burgess book with Young's bio that you mentioned earlier? If so, I do not have the book/bio. Balon Greyjoy (talk) 07:22, 3 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Fn 10, 14, 27, 30 and 41 (and any more I may have missed that cite an entire book) are page numbers available?
That's it.--Wehwalt (talk) 19:01, 2 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Wehwalt: Think I addressed everything. Balon Greyjoy (talk) 07:22, 3 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Image review - Pass

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Lovely images; the NASA-related articles make me so glad that US gov't images are in the public domain. Just a few small things to fix:

That's all! Ajpolino (talk) 05:10, 26 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Ajpolino: Think I addressed all of your comments. Balon Greyjoy (talk) 10:56, 27 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Wonderful, and the new images and alt text look great. Ajpolino (talk) 17:09, 27 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Ajpolino: If you have the time, would you be able to further review the article? Thanks! Balon Greyjoy (talk) 10:24, 2 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Gladly, just give me a few days to find the time. Ajpolino (talk) 16:45, 2 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! Balon Greyjoy (talk) 16:49, 2 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Just a note to say I'm still looking forward to reviewing this article, but am temporarily swamped with real life. I hope to get to this over the coming weekend. Sorry for the sluggishness. Ajpolino (talk) 06:03, 15 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Coordinator comment

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This has been open for over four weeks and has yet to pick up a support. I have added it to Urgents, but unless it receives several further in depth reviews over the next week or so I am afraid that it is going to time out. Gog the Mild (talk) 18:25, 1 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the update Gog the Mild. I'll ping the editors who have left comments already. Fingers crossed we can get this FAC across the finish line! Balon Greyjoy (talk) 10:22, 2 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I'm in. I'll do a text review this week. --Neopeius (talk) 14:46, 2 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Text Review by Neopeius (Support as of 12-11-20)

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Lede

Early years and education

Navy Service

NASA Career

Gemini 10

*"Gemini 10 used the rockets on the Agena to maneuver and rendezvous with the Gemini 8 Agena, and set a new altitude record of 764 kilometers (475 mi). "setting yet another new altitude record" (deletes comma and makes clear that two records were set consecutively.

Apollo 10

Apollo 16

Speaking as the resident authority on the postal covers scandal, there was no "potential" about the sale (not resale). They had agreed to sell 100 of them. And technically, once Slayton found out that unauthorized covers had been flown, he got Irwin to retire, which let NASA choose an entirely new backup crew since the crews were supposed to fly as units (the replacement of Mattingly by Swigert was a special situation, since Duke of the backup crew was also compromised), but what is said here will do for the reader more interested in Young. I'd just say (if it's necessary to say anything) that they had agreed to sell some of them.--Wehwalt (talk) 12:16, 8 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Wehwalt: "potential" could be deleted. That said, an agreement to sell is not a sale. (also, thank you regarding "re-sale" vs "sale" -- I had thought they had purchased the covers and then were going to resell them after they got back) --Neopeius (talk) 19:07, 9 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Scott arranged through someone at NASA to have the envelopes printed, though Al Bishop paid for them. Scott said they paid for the stamps themselves and I've found nothing to contradict that. They're not "covers" until they are stamped and canceled, so either way it's sale rather than resale. Sorry to hijack the discussion.--Wehwalt (talk) 19:30, 9 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I rephrased this to remove Deke Slayton and also to explain what the incident was in the link. However, I decided not to include the names of the Apollo 15 crew. Balon Greyjoy (talk) 08:18, 11 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Space Shuttle Program

STS-1

STS-9

  • " Young would routinely sit in the simulators" Young routinely sat
    Done. Balon Greyjoy (talk) 08:32, 11 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • ", and flew the Shuttle Training Aircraft" ", and he flew..."
    Done. Balon Greyjoy (talk) 08:32, 11 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • "Prior to reentry, Columbia had two of its four primary General Purpose Computers (GPC) fail, which caused a delay in landing as they had to reset them and load the Entry Options Control Mode into an alternate GPC. After the GPC was repaired, Columbia successfully reentered the atmosphere and landed at Edwards AFB on December 8." "Prior to reentry, two of Columbia's four primary General Purpose Computers (GPC) failed, which caused a delay in landing as the crew had to reset them and load the Entry Options Control Mode into an alternate GPC. After the GPCs were repaired, Columbia successfully reentered the atmosphere and landed at Edwards AFB on December 8."
    Done. Balon Greyjoy (talk) 08:32, 11 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

NASA Management

Personal Life

Awards and honors

  • "In October 2018, Northrop Grumman announced that the Cygnus spacecraft for their tenth cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station would be named S.S. John Young.[49] Cygnus NG-10 successfully launched on November 17, 2018," As written, it is not clear that Cygnus NG-10 was actually named after Young.
    Added the Cygnus NG-10 naming earlier; hope the new take clears it up. Balon Greyjoy (talk) 08:32, 11 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Balon Greyjoy: --Neopeius (talk) 15:00, 5 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Running into a few minor delays IRL on this one, but I want to acknowledge this review. I'll get to the changes soon! Balon Greyjoy (talk) 10:45, 8 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Balon Greyjoy: Not a problem. :) --Neopeius (talk) 19:23, 9 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Neopeius: I think I have addressed all of your comments! Balon Greyjoy (talk) 08:33, 11 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Balon Greyjoy: Your pushbacks were all reasonable. I made a recommended change above per your request. With that, you have my enthusiastic support :) --Neopeius (talk) 12:22, 11 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

SandyGeorgia (Support)

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  • See MOS:SANDWICH, images go after links.[2]
  • External links are good, punctuation in image captions good, no duplicate links, no excess of however, also and the ilk.
  • Can this image caption be improved? Young following his Gemini 10 flight ... a bit general relative to the image
    Updated. Balon Greyjoy (talk) 08:18, 16 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • You can install this script to keep your WP:ENDASHes vs. hyphens in order[3]
  • Template:Rp is an odious referencing system, creating unsightly clutter, but if that's what you use, so WP:CITEVAR it is.
    I personally prefer it, but I know it's less popular than using Template:sfn. Balon Greyjoy (talk) 08:56, 14 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Please check MOS:LQ throughout, sample: changed its setting from "attitude hold" to "automatic."
    Corrected the one you pointed out; not seeing other violations. Balon Greyjoy (talk) 08:21, 16 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Generally good use of WP:NBSP on the spacecraft and times, but sporadic ones are missing ... and they aren't really needed at the beginning of sentences or other places where they aren't likely to wrap.
    I added quite a few; especially where in would say something like "in 1993" to to keep the year from being the start of a new line. Balon Greyjoy (talk) 08:40, 16 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Please check use of hatnotes. My understanding is that the main template is used when the content of this article is a summary of that article. If it is not, something like {{further}} or {{see also}} is called for. As one example, this article is not a summary of Gemini 3, as in ... Project Gemini --> Gemini 3 --> Main article: Gemini 3 and in fact, probably a link suffices.
    I would prefer to use {{further}} instead of just linking it in the article. I know it's already linked, but I think it's nice to have a special shout-out for that mission's page to find further info. Changing the hatnotes now. Balon Greyjoy (talk) 08:43, 16 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Missing publisher, check citation completeness throughout: Volz, Brianna (January 6, 2018). "Astronaut John Young, who grew up in Orlando, dies at 87". Retrieved October 19, 2020.
    Added. Balon Greyjoy (talk) 08:56, 14 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Does the "class 23" have to be in the lead? A non-military person is at first inclined to think that might have meant to be 1923, and then has to read back to realize no, the classes are numbered ... so not sure it is helpful to have that in the lead, which is most-read.
    Removed. Balon Greyjoy (talk) 08:19, 16 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Sheesh, this guy is a real under-achiever. :) :)
  • If there is more detail, it would be interesting ... motivation, selection process, what led him to this ... until his selection as an astronaut in September 1962
    I found surprisingly little information on him as a person, even from his own biography. It was surprisingly difficult to find any sort of personal side of things. Balon Greyjoy (talk) 08:56, 14 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Andrew Chaikin's book, if you have it, has some discussion of Young, especially at pp. 463-464, and his post-Apollo career beginning on p. 572 that may be worth looking at, if you haven't already.--Wehwalt (talk) 13:07, 14 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Just looked through those pages to see if I had missed anything. The description at 464-464 is interesting, but it just feels like an anecdote describing Young as smart, which I think is already communicated in discussing his engineering background. Regarding page 572-575, it's mostly about his criticism of NASA post-Challenger, time in NASA management, and advocating for colonization of the Moon. Thanks for the ref, but I don't think these expand the Young narrative for Wikipedia. Balon Greyjoy (talk) 05:59, 15 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Throughout his career, he flew for more than 15,275 hours ... awkward ... During his career ??
    Change made. Balon Greyjoy (talk) 08:41, 16 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Considering that there is an autobiography, the article seems to have a wealth of information about his career, but little information about the person. They vacationed with the Bush family is leaving me, the reader, unsatisfied as there must be more to say about the life and motivations of such an underachiever. Do the sources permit you to tell us more about him?
    Even with his autobiography, there was a lack of personal info about him. The Bush family vacation felt like I was grasping at straws. There are pages in his autobiography about selecting Space Shuttle abort landing sites, and a scant few paragraphs about his two marriages and his children, and no mention of his grandchildren. Balon Greyjoy (talk) 08:56, 14 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

That's all I've got, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 00:27, 14 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@SandyGeorgia: Thanks for the review! I think I have addressed all of your comments. Balon Greyjoy (talk) 08:46, 16 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Support from Hawkeye7

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  • Link mission specialist, payload specialist, 5/16 inch star
    Linked the first two; the star is linked when describing his USN Distinguished Service medal. Balon Greyjoy (talk) 08:53, 16 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • I wouldn't bother with the backup crews for Apollo 10 and 16, but that's just me.
    I would like to leave it in for the sake of standardization with the Gemini missions. Balon Greyjoy (talk) 09:04, 16 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • but were replaced when Shepard was diagnosed with Meniere's disease. Not quite; Shepard continued on flight status for a few months after the disgnosis. I would suggest adding "and was grounded".
    I reworded it to say "were replaced after Shepard..." so that way it doesn't seem it was an immediate switch, but indicates that it was the result of his diagnosis. Balon Greyjoy (talk) 09:06, 16 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • but the remainder of the spaceflights during his tenure were Space Shuttle missions. Not quite; he took over when the last Skylab mision was ongoing.
    Added Skylab to the list. Balon Greyjoy (talk) 09:03, 16 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • As the chief of the Astronaut Office, Young determined the crews that flew on the subsequent test and operational Space Shuttle missions In the source, Young attributes this role to George Abbey.
    Changed to "recommended." Balon Greyjoy (talk) 08:56, 16 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • I might add that Susy was a TRW contractor.
    I'm leaving that out. According to this profile she was a secretary for a space contractor. I think generically saying she worked as a space contractor implies that's how she and Young met, when I'm not seeing any indication of that. Balon Greyjoy (talk) 09:03, 16 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • eleven primary and backup crew positions I'm having trouble with this: Gemini 3, 6 (backup), 10, Apollo 2 (backup), 7 (backup), 10, 13 (backup), 16, 17 (backup), STS-1, ST-6, STS-61J. Um, that comes to twelve. Have I miscounted?
    I didn't count STS-61J. My thought is not to count it, since it wasn't like he went through the entire crew prep process, as it was scheduled for much later than STS-51-L. Balon Greyjoy (talk) 08:53, 16 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • On the subject, Young, along with the other 12 Gemini astronauts There were 16 Gemini astronauts; the source makes it clear that Grissom, Coopera and Schirra had already been inducted as members of the Mercury Seven. Suggest adjusting the wording slightly.
    I removed "12" to show that it was all of the Gemini astronauts. Balon Greyjoy (talk) 19:09, 16 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • I would credit James R. Hansen as co-writer of his autobiography.
    Added. Balon Greyjoy (talk) 08:53, 16 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • The infobox says he is buried in Arlington, but this does not appear in the article anywhere.
    Removed. It was previously in the article but removed because of a lack of WP:RS Balon Greyjoy (talk) 08:53, 16 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    What's wrong with using the Arlington web site? [4] Hawkeye7 (discuss) 10:09, 16 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    Good find! I was using this and didn't see any reference to Young. I'll add it in. Balon Greyjoy (talk) 19:01, 16 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Hawkeye7 (discuss) 11:32, 15 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Hawkeye7: I addressed your comments. Balon Greyjoy (talk) 09:08, 16 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I am still concerned that the article ignores the criticism of Young's performance as Chief of the Astronaut Office. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:14, 21 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Hawkeye7: The only source that I have seen that criticizes Young's performance as Chief of the Astronaut Office is Riding Rockets. While I don't mean to discount the opinions of Col Mullane, I don't want to give undue weight to one astronaut's opinions and make it seem like it was widespread criticism. This article discusses Young's belief that his reassignment was the result of his post-Challenger criticism. Do you have a good place to look for further evidence of criticism of Young? Balon Greyjoy (talk) 09:17, 21 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Hawkeye7, would you be able to undertake a source review for formatting and reliability? Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 23:46, 18 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Sure. I'll do it tomorrow. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 05:48, 19 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Aarrgh. I haven't got Hansen and Young here. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:14, 21 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Hawkeye7: I have it with me; what information are you looking to verify? Balon Greyjoy (talk) 09:12, 21 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Source review - pass

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Added locations to 11 and 25. Balon Greyjoy (talk) 07:20, 25 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

  • fn 30 missing location

Added location. Balon Greyjoy (talk) 07:20, 25 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

All sources are high quality. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 22:53, 23 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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