Talk:Mercury-Atlas 8

Exact location needed?
I'm not usually one to oppose added accuracy, but, do we really need the exact lat & long & mention of publication SP-12? Is this for general use, or for space geeks? (BTW, I might count myself 1...) Trekphiler 12:21, 30 December 2005 (UTC)


 * As it's already in the infobox, no... Shimgray | talk | 12:40, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

Move
I have proposed that all Mercury missions are re-named. This will affect this page. So they can be discussed together on one page, I've set up a subpage of my user talk page for discussion of the moves. -- GW_Simulations |User Page 20:39, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Major revamp?
Is there a discussion about this page being "in the middle of an expansion or major revamping" somewhere? I don't really mind the tag being added, but there should be an easily accessible plan to go along with it (Peer review? Discussion on a WikiProject talk page? Discussion on a User talk page?). — V = I * R  (talk) 01:13, 23 August 2009 (UTC)


 * I'm making some notes at the moment, and should be significantly expanding the content tomorrow; I was planning to have a first chunk in tonight, but I got called away and it's now pretty late. The tag's mainly there so having the bare framework on the page doesn't look so awkward - as there's been no significant activity on it for some time, and the existing textblock's from 2004, it didn't seem worth flagging on talk beforehand.
 * The plan (such as it is) is a structured article under the headings there, though I'm vacillating a bit over post-flight analysis. We'll see what comes out of the sources! Shimgray | talk | 01:27, 23 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Sounds good, thanks! — V = I * R  (talk) 01:53, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

Coordinates
I've removed these from the article (since I'm not sure how to work them into the text), but so we don't lose them: the landing was apparently at 32.125°N, -174.75°W. Shimgray | talk | 00:32, 28 August 2009 (UTC)


 * They are preserved in the info box. WilliamKF (talk) 23:58, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

Crew templates
I'm not sure these really add much for a solo mission, so for the moment I've removed them. I'm ambivalent on this, though - it is good to have them, for consistency. Shimgray | talk | 00:53, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

Backup crew

Gallery
I think I've crammed all the images I can into the article, but here's the spares. Shimgray | talk | 13:45, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

Reference?
The links given for the four references were all broken, so I've replaced three of them. I couldn't find another link for First U.S. manned six-pass orbital mission, though - anyone know of one? Olaf Davis (talk) 21:06, 1 October 2009 (UTC)


 * The links are broken because the NASA Technical Reports server is currently down for unplanned maintenance - it says "a week" as of the 24th, so hopefully they should be reinstated soon. (I deliberately preferred the PDFs over the HTML copies because it means page numbers were usable). I can put a copy of the PDF of this report online somewhere for you if you'd like. Shimgray | talk | 22:20, 1 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Ah, that makes sense. Sorry to blunder in and change things. Putting a pdf online would be great if you have one, thanks. Shall we leave the others as they are for now and switch back once the server's up? Olaf Davis (talk) 22:43, 1 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Best approach, I think - it's here. If you'd like any of the others to check against, let me know, but the PDFs should be relatively self-evident to work with. Shimgray | talk | 22:52, 1 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks. If you do have the others and wouldn't mind uploading them it would make the page references easier to follow as you say. Olaf Davis (talk) 21:10, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

Here we go:


 * Project Mercury: a chronology
 * This new ocean : a history of Project Mercury
 * Results of the third manned US orbital space flight
 * First U.S. manned six-pass orbital mission. Enjoy... Shimgray | talk | 21:56, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

I knew there was a reason to keep local copies ;-) Shimgray | talk | 21:56, 2 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Talk about service! Thanks again. Just made a start on the review. Any idea if page 48 of Results is knocking about somewhere? Olaf Davis (talk) 22:24, 2 October 2009 (UTC)


 * I'm guessing it's a blank page which was omitted - even numbers are left-hand pages, and new chapters begin on a (right-hand) odd number. Shimgray | talk | 22:29, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

This New Ocean seems to have disappeared again. Olaf Davis (talk) 20:00, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

Outstanding issues
Per peer review:


 * expand lede at some length
 * alt text for images

Shimgray | talk | 20:31, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

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