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What was Shepard's major at the Naval Academy? Please answer in the article. Thanks. CountMacula ( talk) 18:48, 16 January 2020 (UTC)
@ Hawkeye7: The text says: "After being strapped into the capsule's seat, launch delays kept him in that suit for eight hours; Shepard's endurance gave out before launch, and he was forced to empty his bladder into the suit..." The source: https://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2013/06/the-science-and-history-of-space-urination.html/ This source doesn't seem to be very reliable if it makes such glaring mistakes. See what the Mercury-Redstone 3 article says (emphasis added): "All of the delays resulted in Shepard lying on his back in the capsule for almost three hours, by which point he complained to the blockhouse crew that he had a severe need to urinate..." Or: "He entered the spacecraft at 5:15 am. ... Mercury-Redstone 3 finally lifted off at 9:34 am." This means that the total time Shepard stayed inside the capsule was 4 hours 19 minutes. P.S. Actually, he started entering the capsule at 5:18 according to Burgess (p. 122). 5:15 is the time when he boarded the elevator (Burgess, p. 121). Taurus Littrow ( talk) 23:23, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
I think the account of Apollo 14 should include criticism of Shepard by scientists. According to the FA article on the mission, its geological results were disappointing because Shepard refused to take the training seriously. Dudley Miles ( talk) 13:09, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
Can Anyone Answer ? 115.98.109.111 ( talk) 12:56, 12 January 2022 (UTC)
@ Hawkeye7: Any objection to merging Shepard's Prayer into Alan Shepard (leaving it as a redirect)? Currently just 2 sentences and seems unlikely to be expanded. Random fixer upper ( talk) 19:41, 27 February 2023 (UTC)
A comment by 😄 117.230.171.89 ( talk) 16:35, 21 July 2024 (UTC)
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What was Shepard's major at the Naval Academy? Please answer in the article. Thanks. CountMacula ( talk) 18:48, 16 January 2020 (UTC)
@ Hawkeye7: The text says: "After being strapped into the capsule's seat, launch delays kept him in that suit for eight hours; Shepard's endurance gave out before launch, and he was forced to empty his bladder into the suit..." The source: https://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2013/06/the-science-and-history-of-space-urination.html/ This source doesn't seem to be very reliable if it makes such glaring mistakes. See what the Mercury-Redstone 3 article says (emphasis added): "All of the delays resulted in Shepard lying on his back in the capsule for almost three hours, by which point he complained to the blockhouse crew that he had a severe need to urinate..." Or: "He entered the spacecraft at 5:15 am. ... Mercury-Redstone 3 finally lifted off at 9:34 am." This means that the total time Shepard stayed inside the capsule was 4 hours 19 minutes. P.S. Actually, he started entering the capsule at 5:18 according to Burgess (p. 122). 5:15 is the time when he boarded the elevator (Burgess, p. 121). Taurus Littrow ( talk) 23:23, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
I think the account of Apollo 14 should include criticism of Shepard by scientists. According to the FA article on the mission, its geological results were disappointing because Shepard refused to take the training seriously. Dudley Miles ( talk) 13:09, 8 June 2021 (UTC)
Can Anyone Answer ? 115.98.109.111 ( talk) 12:56, 12 January 2022 (UTC)
@ Hawkeye7: Any objection to merging Shepard's Prayer into Alan Shepard (leaving it as a redirect)? Currently just 2 sentences and seems unlikely to be expanded. Random fixer upper ( talk) 19:41, 27 February 2023 (UTC)
A comment by 😄 117.230.171.89 ( talk) 16:35, 21 July 2024 (UTC)