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Gordon Cooper, an Uncommon card
Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr. was an American aerospace engineer, test pilot, United States Air Force pilot, and the youngest of the seven original astronauts in Project Mercury, the first human space program of the United States.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 79
- DEF
- 100
- Power
- 179
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 180,000
Ranked #957 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Gordon Cooper quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Gordon Cooper card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
In 1963, Cooper piloted the ______ and last Mercury spaceflight, Mercury-Atlas 9.
Answer
longest. In 1963, Cooper piloted the longest and last Mercury spaceflight, Mercury-Atlas 9. From the Gordon Cooper article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Cooper learned to fly as a child, and after service in the United States Marine Corps during World War II, he was commissioned into the United States Air Force in ____.
Answer
1940s. Cooper learned to fly as a child, and after service in the United States Marine Corps during World War II, he was commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1949. From the Gordon Cooper article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Afghan conflict. Afghan conflict 90 · Lombards 86 · Dzungar Khanate 83 · Gordon Cooper 79 ATK in WikiCards.
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.
- Cooper learned to fly as a child, and after service in the United States Marine Corps during World War II, he was commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1949.
- After serving as a fighter pilot, he qualified as a test pilot in 1956 and was selected as an astronaut in 1959.
- In 1963, Cooper piloted the longest and last Mercury spaceflight, Mercury-Atlas 9.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Gordon Cooper article was read about 180,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 79 and blocks with 100: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
How to get Gordon Cooper
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Gordon Cooper (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
