Talk:Apollo program

The {{editintro}} template atop the main article page

The {{editintro}} template atop the article page should be removed prior approval. ...said Chunbum Park (talk) 13:13, 27 December 2007

It has now been removed. Milton Beychok 03:09, 21 June 2011 (UTC)

Exploration of the Moon

Please explain why the Category "Exploration of the Moon" was removed. Charles F. Radley 09:59, 22 September 2007 (CDT)

Probably because we now use work groups as our categories and there is no such work group. Milton Beychok 04:05, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

Documenting my recent edits

This was originally a Wikipedia import created in April 2007. Although some people have edited it at various times in the past 4 years, it still contained much of the original content and formatting. I spent about 12-16 hours in CZ-ifying and improving it as documented below:

• Main article: Reformatted and updated all of the references as per the usual CZ style. Numerous small copy edits. Numerous wiki links revised, edited, expanded. Added two photos.
• Related Articles subpage: Re-formatted and added a good many related article links. Culled the bot-created links. Deleted inappropriate links.
• Bibliography subpage: Completely reformatted the existing bibliography so as to use the {{cite book}} template. Added one additional book to the bibliography subpage.
• External Links subpage: Checked each of the links on that subpage to be sure that they were all still active links.
• Metadata template: Entered language variant as AE. Revised cat check from "yes" to "no". Revised status from 4 (external import) to 2 (developing article). Added History and Engineering as "cats". Replaced Astronomy "cat" with Physics.

This article still needs a critical review by one of our knowledgeable History editors or authors. Milton Beychok 03:09, 21 June 2011 (UTC)

Since posting the above documentation of my edits, I renamed the article from "Project Apollo" to "Apollo program" which is what NASA and most others call the Apollo missions. In addition, I have made a good many other edits. Rather than simply pointing the readers to a list of Apollo missions and a list of astronauts on those missions, I created a new section called "Apollo missions and astronauts" which includes an extensive table listing all of the Apollo missions, the astronauts involved in each mission, the date of each mission, and a brief description of each mission.

I also deleted a discussion about the "Orion" spacecraft because recent events (in the last few months) indicate that the "Orion" spacecraft program most probably will not be funded. I further made a great number of fairly minor copy edits and added/revised/deleted many Wiki links. Finally, I added another photo to the article. When I find the time, I plan to create a subpage for a gallery of Apollo program photos.

I have asked about 5 people to review this article and I am awaiting their responses. Milton Beychok 02:46, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

Excellent article. While I have not checked the history by comparing sources, it looks fairly accurate based on my memory. I was but a girl then when the Apollo missions were first flown. It's too bad we haven't progressed more. Mary Ash 15:59, 24 June 2011 (UTC)