Talk:Stuart Roosa

USAA Commericial
The reference to Roosa's family in the USAA commercial may need to be updated. Roosa died in 1994 and the commercial is dated later. Also the commercial shows a picture of Roosa with two girls that the commercial indicates are his granddaughters. There is also a gentleman in the commercial who may be Roosa's son and the girls' father, but this was not stated.Mustangeagle (talk) 18:34, 14 June 2014 (UTC)

Replaced deadlink
Replaced external deadlink to NASA's bio on Roosa with the current live link. -Mardus (talk) 19:33, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

Moon "Men."
Could an administrator perhaps watch this page for a while? There is a particular user who continues to revert the page to a prior, less accurate version. They are not giving or leaving any explanation. It seems perfectly correct to say that Roosa was one of 24 humans / people to travel to the moon. The fact that they are all men does not discount that there were only 24 people, men or women. It's a clearer way of saying it. This could be discussed, but the user is not doing that, simply continuing to change it back without explanation. Thank you. MoseleyWill (talk) 18:27, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

PS ...In fact, reading the only comment the person did make - "they did not fly to the moon" - are we in fact dealing with a conspiracy-theory "moon hoax" type who believes humans never went to the moon at all? MoseleyWill (talk) 21:36, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

This issue also seems to have been debated and decided on the Neil Armstrong discussion page, in favor of "person," not the factually-misleading "man." The same should apply here to the Roosa page. SpaceHistory101 (talk) 21:16, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

Due to the repeated, unexplained (other than "I am right") edits by what appears to be the same person in the 754th Electronic Systems Group at Keesler AFB, I've created a compromise sentence that allows their edit while still maintaining the accuracy of the former. Hopefully, this will put the issue and the back-and-forth at an amicable end . SpaceHistory101 (talk) 22:30, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

I am just saying that there were 24 men chosen for this trip. It is not less acurate, but more acurate to say what I have put. Who made you the end all know all of wikipedia? If 24 women had traveled to the moon I would want it to say that. So stop changing this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.22.200.55 (talk) 22:19, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

Taking the personal comments out of any discussion (please see talk page guidelines if you wish) and discussing the matter at hand - I agree with you - of course, 24 men journeyed to the moon. No women. That is accurate. However, when you say "one of 24 men," it unnecessarily opens up the possibility that unmentioned women did it too. If you say Roosa was one of 24 people, there is no question.

As the fact that they are all men seems, for some reason, to be very important for you to be stated on the page, I have amended to a compromise sentence that retains all of your words plus makes it clear that they were the only humans ever - men or women - to do this. Hopefully this covers your concerns along with any others from elsewhere re. accuracy. If not, I am happy to discuss further here, in a polite and respectful way. Thank you. SpaceHistory101 (talk) 23:01, 8 February 2009 (UTC)


 * I had a similar, no less bizarre discussion on the Neil Armstrong article: the consensus there seemed to be much as it is here: that "person" is more accurate, less archaic, and pays better tribute to the incredible achievement of the individuals involved. Given that most aspects of space flight involved men and women it seems well worth taking the trouble to be as precise as possible. Cheers,  This flag once was red propagandadeeds 16:27, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

No, I am not a moon hoax person. They did not fly to the moon. The rocketed off of earth and travel to the moon. There was no flying involved. Thank you for the compromise. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Oneforanother (talk • contribs) 13:26, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

I'm delighted to hear you're not a moon-hoax person. Although "space flight" is a very commonly used term not involving the principles of flight in air, I understand what you are saying. And very pleased you are okay with the compromise, and with polite discussion. SpaceHistory101 (talk) 04:42, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Space Flight is a commonly used term, you are correct. I didn't think of that. When I think of "flew to the moon" I think of how they do it in star wars. When I think of what we did, it just seemed different, and not quite flying. Thats why I said that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.195.229.20 (talk) 14:12, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

The discussion about 24 men / 24 people is now being debated at WT:SPACE, and you may wish to join in. While consensus is shaped, I have amended the Roosa page to fall in line with the consistent, concise wording for the other 23 moon voyagers. Please be aware that many amendments to "men" are being flagged as vandalism by Wiki editors, so discussion and consensus should be debated before amending.Edgeshappy12 (talk) 18:17, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

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