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Apollo 13Command module being successfully recovered after its crew survived a critical malfunction en route to the Moon.Original -
Command module being loaded onto deck of the
USS Iwo Jima
Reason
The image meets the criteria for resolution, even as a historic photograph (1970). I'm not familiar with the technical issues that FPC usually gets into, but from my novice viewpoint, it seems like a very clear, well-constructed, informative photograph. Its impressiveness is amplified by the fact that it is a color photograph in 1970, for which I would have expected much lower quality.
Its encyclopedia value is strong: it is the only exterior photograph of the Command Module in the article, so it uniquely illustrates a major component of the topic (for instance, lots of people around to illustrate relative size, etc. to allow the reader to visualize it).
Apollo 13 endured a major spaceflight malfunction that put the lives of the astronauts in jeopardy, and so the fact that they managed to return is remarkable; and this is an image of the vessel in which they survived. It that sense, the gravity of the event being illustrated is all the greater.
Support as nominator --
Dylan (
talk) 17:28, 20 August 2008 (UTC)reply
Support. Very interesting, especially with all the visible damage to the module.--
ragesoss (
talk) 18:17, 20 August 2008 (UTC)reply
Conditional support Top enc, but needs a better caption. Also, AFAIK, the "damage" has nothing to do with the Apollo 13 explosion, all capsules look like this when they are hoisted aboard (it's the heat from re-entry). If this capsule had been damaged, the crew wouldn't have had a chance... This should be reflected in the caption, in order to avoid misunderstandings like above. --
Janke |
Talk 18:27, 20 August 2008 (UTC)reply
I agree, this particular vehicle was not where the explosion took place. That is clear in context in
Apollo 13, so I don't think the caption needs anything there; I've
changed the caption in
Space accidents and incidents to avoid suggesting that the command module was where the explosion was.
Dylan (
talk) 18:49, 20 August 2008 (UTC)reply
Edit 1 -
Apollo 13Command module being successfully recovered after its crew survived a critical malfunction en route to the Moon.Original -
Command module being loaded onto deck of the
USS Iwo Jima
Reason
The image meets the criteria for resolution, even as a historic photograph (1970). I'm not familiar with the technical issues that FPC usually gets into, but from my novice viewpoint, it seems like a very clear, well-constructed, informative photograph. Its impressiveness is amplified by the fact that it is a color photograph in 1970, for which I would have expected much lower quality.
Its encyclopedia value is strong: it is the only exterior photograph of the Command Module in the article, so it uniquely illustrates a major component of the topic (for instance, lots of people around to illustrate relative size, etc. to allow the reader to visualize it).
Apollo 13 endured a major spaceflight malfunction that put the lives of the astronauts in jeopardy, and so the fact that they managed to return is remarkable; and this is an image of the vessel in which they survived. It that sense, the gravity of the event being illustrated is all the greater.
Support as nominator --
Dylan (
talk) 17:28, 20 August 2008 (UTC)reply
Support. Very interesting, especially with all the visible damage to the module.--
ragesoss (
talk) 18:17, 20 August 2008 (UTC)reply
Conditional support Top enc, but needs a better caption. Also, AFAIK, the "damage" has nothing to do with the Apollo 13 explosion, all capsules look like this when they are hoisted aboard (it's the heat from re-entry). If this capsule had been damaged, the crew wouldn't have had a chance... This should be reflected in the caption, in order to avoid misunderstandings like above. --
Janke |
Talk 18:27, 20 August 2008 (UTC)reply
I agree, this particular vehicle was not where the explosion took place. That is clear in context in
Apollo 13, so I don't think the caption needs anything there; I've
changed the caption in
Space accidents and incidents to avoid suggesting that the command module was where the explosion was.
Dylan (
talk) 18:49, 20 August 2008 (UTC)reply