Talk:Jake Garn

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Contents 1 Controversy? 2 Very close to who? 3 Selection as Astronaut 4 Rank? 5 Unreferenced space sickness statement

[edit] Controversy?

Why in the world is this trivial matter presented here in this biography?

1988 Controversy As reported in the University of Utah Chronicle, Senator Garn was ill received by the audience of students at a scheduled debate at the University of Utah. Third party candidate Mary Zins of the Socialist Workers Party (United States), made an impromptu and uninvited appearance; as forum moderator Ted Wilson, former Mayor of Salt Lake City, tried to prevent Ms. Zins from taking the podium, the crowd began to chant "Let her speak!" and shouted profanities at the flustered senator. During the rest of the debate, Senator Garn was constantly heckled and badgered concerning his support of the Contras in Nicaragua and the Mujahadeen in Afghanistan.

This is a stupid entry! It should be removed.

Not stupid per se. But it is trivial and unimportant. I will delete it. MichaelSH 02:11, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Very close to who?

"He is very close to Milo Scovtle Marsden Jr."

Who is this person and why is he significant? He is not mentioned anywhere else on Wikipedia. Google finds a Milo Steven Marsden[1] who is an attorney from Garn's state. I am going to assume that is the same person. That Garn is "close" (whatever that is supposed to mean) does not seem to be of any importance assuming it not supposed to be scandalous. I am going to delete it. If there really some reason for it to be in Wikipedia than don't just put it back in but explain the signficance. MichaelSH 02:11, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Selection as Astronaut

The article does not mention how he was selected as an astronaut. I would like to see something on that.--Daysleeper47 03:56, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

All I can find is that he was part of a 'Congress Observer Selection' that also included Bill Nelson. But I can't find that on any official government/NASA web pages. Ehurtley 02:05, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rank?

The astronaut box states he was a Brigader General in the USAF, but the text states he retired as a colonel? Was he promoted post-retirement?

As far as I can find (in multiple sources, including the official NASA biography,) he was only a Colonel. I've changed that while fixing the infobox. Ehurtley 01:59, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Unreferenced space sickness statement

I've removed the following statement as per WP:BLP because it is potentially libelous and unreferenced:

Garry Trudeau suggested NASA create a scale of spacesickness and name it after him, and he was quickly dubbed "Barfin' Jake" by his Senate colleagues.

I've replaced it with a referenced statement about the space sickness scale based on him. -kotra (talk) 01:28, 27 April 2008 (UTC)