Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates/Roger B. Chaffee/archive1
Any thoughts or edits? (I'm posting this one early because I'll be tied up with another project for almost a month starting on the 13th. I don't know when this will be promoted at FAC.) - Dank (push to talk) 23:51, 6 March 2019 (UTC)
- Just made a couple small ones, what do you think? I would prefer to delink NASA like I did at the main article, for same SEAOFBLUE reasons. Kees08 (Talk) 01:20, 7 March 2019 (UTC)
- Looks good. Could we delink astronaut instead? - Dank (push to talk) 01:25, 7 March 2019 (UTC)
- Would it be useful to clarify his position on Apollo 1. I have the feeling readers would be interested to know, as these ranks and job distinctions are familiar to our readers like myself who are familiar with Apollo 11 and Apollo 13 in particular. I made a similar edit to the article and it is sourced in the body of the article.--- Coffeeandcrumbs 03:41, 8 March 2019 (UTC)
- Not sure if I understand. I don't think it makes sense to change " In 1967 he died in a fire along with fellow astronauts Gus Grissom and Ed White during a pre-launch test for the Apollo 1" to " In 1967 he died in a fire along with fellow astronauts Gus Grissom and Ed White during a pre-launch test as the third-ranking pilot for the Apollo 1". - Dank (push to talk) 03:58, 8 March 2019 (UTC)
- What I propose is this: "... He served as capsule communicator for the Gemini 3 and Gemini 4 missions and received his first spaceflight assignment in 1966 as the third-ranking pilot on Apollo 1. In 1967, he died in a fire along with fellow astronauts Gus Grissom and Ed White during a pre-launch test for the mission at what was then..."--- Coffeeandcrumbs 04:32, 8 March 2019 (UTC)
- No objection, if you restore [[Flight_controller#Spacecraft communicator (CAPCOM)|capsule communicator]]. - Dank (push to talk) 04:40, 8 March 2019 (UTC)
- I have requested February 15, 2020. It is the 85th anniversary of his birth.--- Coffeeandcrumbs 20:27, 16 March 2019 (UTC)
- No objection, if you restore [[Flight_controller#Spacecraft communicator (CAPCOM)|capsule communicator]]. - Dank (push to talk) 04:40, 8 March 2019 (UTC)
- What I propose is this: "... He served as capsule communicator for the Gemini 3 and Gemini 4 missions and received his first spaceflight assignment in 1966 as the third-ranking pilot on Apollo 1. In 1967, he died in a fire along with fellow astronauts Gus Grissom and Ed White during a pre-launch test for the mission at what was then..."--- Coffeeandcrumbs 04:32, 8 March 2019 (UTC)
- Not sure if I understand. I don't think it makes sense to change " In 1967 he died in a fire along with fellow astronauts Gus Grissom and Ed White during a pre-launch test for the Apollo 1" to " In 1967 he died in a fire along with fellow astronauts Gus Grissom and Ed White during a pre-launch test as the third-ranking pilot for the Apollo 1". - Dank (push to talk) 03:58, 8 March 2019 (UTC)
- Would it be useful to clarify his position on Apollo 1. I have the feeling readers would be interested to know, as these ranks and job distinctions are familiar to our readers like myself who are familiar with Apollo 11 and Apollo 13 in particular. I made a similar edit to the article and it is sourced in the body of the article.--- Coffeeandcrumbs 03:41, 8 March 2019 (UTC)
- Looks good. Could we delink astronaut instead? - Dank (push to talk) 01:25, 7 March 2019 (UTC)
Roger B. Chaffee (February 15, 1935 – January 27, 1967) was an American naval aviator, aeronautical engineer, and NASA astronaut in the Apollo program. He began pilot training at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida, flying the T-34, T-28, and A3D. As the quality and safety control officer for Heavy Photographic Squadron 62, he took crucial reconnaissance photos during the Cuban Missile Crisis, for which he was awarded the Air Medal. Along with thirteen other pilots, Lieutenant Commander Chaffee joined NASA Astronaut Group 3 in 1963. He served as capsule communicator for the Gemini 3 and Gemini 4 missions and received his first spaceflight assignment in 1966 as the third-ranking pilot on Apollo 1. In 1967 he died in a fire along with fellow astronauts Gus Grissom and Ed White during a pre-launch test for the mission at what was then the Cape Kennedy Air Force Station Launch Complex 34 in Florida. He was posthumously awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor and a second Air Medal. (Full article...)