Talk:Ken Mattingly/Archive 1

Present
He is still alive. Try to use present tense to avoid misapprehension as his birthday is in 1936. :) Chivista 19:16, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Fiction?
Apollo 13 and FTETTM are based on fact and are fairly accurate, should they be classed as fiction? Can we change the subheading to perhaps, "Other Media"? Naysie 07:06, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Number of people to fly to the Moon - information incorrect
The article states that Mattingly was "He is one of only 24 men to have flown to the Moon." - this is incorrect - only 22 people have flown to the Moon - John young was on Apollo 10 and also commanded Apollo 16; Gene Cernan was also on Apollo 10 and went on to command Apollo 17.

24 crew members have been to the Moon - the Apollo spacecraft has a crew of three; there were 11 manned Apollo missions; of the manned missions, two (Apollo 7 and Apollo 9) were strictly low earth orbit and Apollo 13 didn't enter Lunar orbit - that leaves eight missions to enter Lunar orbit - 24 crew members.

This seems to be a common error in the articles on Apollo astronauts - the same comment was made about Stu Roosa. --124.188.35.73 (talk) 16:24, 29 July 2008 (UTC)Alan Erskine

It is not an error, although I see where your query comes from. Apollo 13 did not enter lunar orbit, but it did "fly to the Moon," - it looped around the far side and then returned to Earth. Therefore, the number is correct. If the line was "He is one of only .... to go into lunar orbit" then the number would be 22. GayleNuffer (talk) 02:45, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Moon travelers phrasing
The Phrase should be first men to go to the moon, the first humans to do so. This was debated and decided on the Stuart Roosa page. This statement shows that when NASA first came to be, Astronauts didn't allow women into the program, and it also shows that they were the first people period. Its a more concise way to say it than the gender neutral statement that it was changed to about a year ago. Please revise this somewhat, there must be a compromise. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.18.232.167 (talk) 14:08, 21 August 2009 (UTC)
 * This is being centrally discussed at WT:SPACE, if you continue to edit war, the only option will be to rangeblock every IP address at Mississippi State University. -MBK004 14:16, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

You don't need to orbit the moon to be one of the men that "went to the moon", do you? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 187.105.179.251 (talk) 04:05, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

24 Men
This is shows that during this time women were not astronauts and also shows that they were the only people ever to go to the moon. This edit has been discussed on several other astronaut pages and was decided as good. Women have a larger role in NASA now, it shows the change in times. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.1.124.197 (talk) 12:30, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

Actually, not "decided as good," but reverted as vandalism. To discuss your thoughts, I would suggest you visit WT:SPACE where the issue is under discussion. Right now, it seems your point is being reverted every time, suggesting the concensus is not in your favor. Perhaps discussing it would help. Edgeshappy12 (talk) 23:06, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

I would say they traveled to the moon. They did not just fly to the moon the whole time. The rocketed off of earth (not flying) and rocketed towardt the moon( not flying) I know its an expression but can be misleading. Please consider revising. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.195.229.20 (talk) 17:43, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

You don't need to orbit the moon to be one of the men that "went to the moon", therefore Apollo 13 astronauts surely "went to the moon" too. the fact that Lovell, Young and Cernan went twice accounts for the fact that of the nine Apollo missions to the moon (Apollo 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17) there are only 24 unique people and not 27 as one would expect (3 astronauts per mission). If you feel that the notion is innacurate, then let's prove it in the reverse way: would you say that the Apollo 13 astronauts didn't go to the Moon? :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 187.105.179.251 (talk) 04:10, 9 September 2010 (UTC)