Talk:Robert Crippen

Vandalism
Some wiseacre made an erroneous (and unverifiable) claim about Sally Ride and Robert Crippen at the beginning of this article. Removed. 68Kustom (talk) 10:14, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

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User bobcrippen edits
I saw some edits removing info that had come from reputable sources (NBC News article) and changing what was written about his later years at NASA. These edits were done by bobcrippen on 08-06-2021 and 01-18-2022. I was suspicious but after checking into them, they seem correct. The article previously said that he was deputy director of Shuttle Operations under George Abbey from July 1987 to December 1989 and the user bobcrippen changed this to say he worked under Arnie Aldrich. This seemed to contradict what was referenced in the oral histories project link.

Long story short, user bobcrippen was correct. From 1984-1986, he was deputy director of flight crew operations under George Abbey who was Director of Flight Crew Operations. Following the Challenger disaster and mishap review board, he became deputy director of Shuttle Operations from 1987-1989 under Arnie Aldrich. The prior stint as deputy director of flight crew operations seemed to be a minor managerial posting so many sources don't mention it.

As to whether the user bobcrippen is actually the individual this article is about, I dunno. Maybe he is. Jay Barbree's NBC article claimed that Crippen personally chartered a scallop boat with his own funds to try to find the remains of Jarvis following the Challenger disaster but the user denied this happened. If the user is Mr. Crippen, then maybe Barbree's claim is false. I'd rather err on the side of not including false information so I think that stuff about the scallop boat should not be in the article unless further confirmed.Jasonkwe (talk) 21:54, 2 February 2022 (UTC)