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Joseph R. Tanner, a Common card
Joseph Richard Tanner is an American instructor at the University of Colorado Boulder, mechanical engineer, a former naval officer and aviator, and a former NASA astronaut.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 57
- DEF
- 35
- Power
- 92
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 6,600
Power 92 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 35 % of WikiCards cards.
Joseph R. Tanner quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Joseph R. Tanner card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was born in Danville, ______.
Answer
Illinois. He was born in Danville, Illinois. From the Joseph R. Tanner article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Thomas Nuttall. Thomas Nuttall 60 · Joseph R. Tanner 57 · Edward Raymond Turner 53 · Bolesworth Castle 49 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.
- He was born in Danville, Illinois.
- He is unusual among astronauts as he did not have a background in flight test nor did he earn any advanced academic degrees.
- Typically those who did not do military flight test have an M.D. or Ph.D., if not a master's, whereas Tanner's path to becoming an astronaut followed operational military flying and then into NASA for operational jet training before being selected into the NASA Astronaut Corps in 1992, following an unsuccessful application in 1987.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Joseph R. Tanner article was read about 6,600 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 57 and blocks with 35: each hit it takes is cut by 14 %.
How to get Joseph R. Tanner
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Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Joseph R. Tanner in the power ranking, all domains together.
- William DerhamCommon · History · ATK 54 DEF 38
- Bahama, North CarolinaCommon · Society · ATK 54 DEF 38
- Bolesworth CastleCommon · History · ATK 49 DEF 43
- Jude MilhonCommon · Science · ATK 55 DEF 37
- Vinnie BellCommon · Arts · ATK 54 DEF 38
- Katharina LiensbergerCommon · Society · ATK 64 DEF 28
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Joseph R. Tanner (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
