Talk:Congressional Space Medal of Honor

Columbia
156.33.18.43, are your sure that the Columbia crew were awarded the CSMH? I see that the Challenger crew were so awarded a few days ago, but I can't find any announcement anywhere that the Columbia also received the award this year. 169.154.204.2 19:31, 26 Jul 2004 (UTC)


 * Never mind my above comment. I have run across evidence that the crew of Columbia was awarded the medal on the anniversary of their deaths. For example, the official astronaut biographies now cite the award. 169.154.204.2 21:18, 11 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Font?
Is there a reason that the award info after the awardee's name is in subscript? Makes if harder to read, and is non-standard on WP. I'd like to change it, if there's no objections. Akradecki 05:23, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Gemini 4 ???
The description at an astronauts name is describing why the individual received the Congressional Space Medal of Honor. Edward White didn't received the medal just because he flew on Gemini 4, else James McDivitt would have one too! Please stop posting irrelevant information. Necessary Evil 20:09, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

The † symbol
In the Recipients table, the † symbol indicates a posthumous award. I was wondering whether this symbol is the most appropriate symbol, since it is a christian sign and not all astronauts who have been honored with the award are christians. I saw that the entries in other languages use * or explicitly mention "posthumous" (expect the russian version, that currently also uses the †).

I don't know about all astronauts, but Ilan Ramon was jew for sure. Not only he was jew, he also tried to express it in many ways during the mission he was killed in (he took a Torah with him, asked for Kosher food, carried a Mezuzah etc.). Personally I believe that after trying to emphasize he's being Jew, adding a cross next to his name is not as sensitive as expected. (There are also other solutions but using * or explicit mentioning, like using the relevant symbol for each astronaut - for example - Star of david next to Ilan Ramon). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.176.0.154 (talk) 23:42, 10 July 2009 (UTC)
 * See Dagger (typography). Reywas92 Talk  00:19, 12 July 2009 (UTC)

Hi, Thank you for the respond. As you suggested, I looked at Dagger (typography), yet it seems to me only as a strengthening to my argument since it says there: "The religious connotations of the symbol can also make this usage (adding the symbol after the name of a deceased person) inappropriate for persons from non-Christian cultures.[1]" - the cite note redirects Oxford Manual of Style. (p.s - Please ignore language mistakes as I am not a native English speaker). If nobody objects, I am now willing to change that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.176.0.154 (talk) 15:52, 12 July 2009 (UTC)

Highest Medal?
This page states that this is the highest honour NASA can bestow. So does the page for the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, which states that the DSM is "the highest award which may be bestowed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration of the United States. "

Which is it then, & can someone fix this? zarathustra (talk) 17:38, 29 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Obviously the phrase on this page, unverified by citation, is in error. Though it is obviously a higher honor than the NASA DSM, it is not "bestowed by NASA", but by the President by the will of Congress. Easy enough to fix. JustinTime55 (talk) 18:43, 29 January 2019 (UTC)