Talk:Apollo 7
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Didn't Apollo 7 get a special Emmy for its TV coverage? Trekphiler 09:39, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] "Passed over for future missions"
I click on the link presumably supporting this claim and all I get is a reference to another website. Whether true or not, it's not at all a scholarly, verifiable method of supporting such a sweeping statement about the careers of the three men. Encyclopedia Astronautica is entertainment. 68Kustom (talk) 08:50, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
- I have seen some better references that could be used for this claim; I will try to add them. Newyorkbrad (talk) 23:41, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Lunar Module Pilot flying what?
How could Walter Cunningham be a Lunar Module Pilot, since there was no Lunar Module involved in Apollo 7?? Regards, Necessary Evil (talk) 22:27, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
- I think it was because they wanted to keep the names of the flight positions consistent throughout the program. Andy120290 (talk) 23:27, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
- Exactly: Apollo 7 and 8 (and then 9 with the LM) were basically test flights and intended to simulate as much of the lunar-landing missions as possible, so the same position names were used. "Lunar module pilot" was a bit of a misnomer anyway, as the lunar module pilot didn't actually pilot the LM, the mission commander did. Newyorkbrad (talk) 23:40, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
I still think it's odd, more than Apollo-Soyuz Test Project's Deke Slayton - Docking Module Pilot. The Docking Module at least existed although it wasn't equipped with thrusters and couldn't be piloted at all. Why not co-pilot and third pilot - it makes more sense? Regards, Necessary Evil (talk) 13:38, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
Of course it does, but that wasn't NASA's official designations. In Gemini, they had the "command pilot" and "pilot," while in Apollo, you had the "commander," "command module pilot" and "lunar module pilot." The basic reason was that the astronauts, egotists that they were, weren't about to go up there as any co-pilot or third pilot or crew member. Goodness knows, a lot of people have job titles that have nothing to do with their jobs... DrBear (talk) 15:54, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
- I'll buy that explanation, it's ridiculous enough to be true! Regards, Necessary Evil (talk) 22:19, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
