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Uncommon card · Science
Bob Behnken, an Uncommon card
Robert Louis Behnken is an American engineer, a former NASA astronaut, and former Chief of the Astronaut Office.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 64
- DEF
- 63
- Power
- 127
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 19,000
Power 127 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
Bob Behnken quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Bob Behnken card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He is married to fellow ______ Megan McArthur.
Answer
astronaut. He is married to fellow astronaut Megan McArthur. From the Bob Behnken article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Behnken holds a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering and the rank of colonel in the U.S. Air Force, where he served before joining NASA in ____.
Answer
2000s. Behnken holds a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering and the rank of colonel in the U.S. Air Force, where he served before joining NASA in 2000. From the Bob Behnken article on Wikipedia.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Behnken holds a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering and the rank of colonel in the U.S. Air Force, where he served before joining NASA in 2000.
- He flew aboard Space Shuttle missions STS-123 and STS-130 as a mission specialist, accumulating over 708 hours in space, including 55 hours of spacewalk time.
- He is married to fellow astronaut Megan McArthur.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Bob Behnken article was read about 19,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 64 and blocks with 63: each hit it takes is cut by 25 %.
How to get Bob Behnken
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Bob Behnken (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Christopher Michel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
