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Rusty Schweickart, an Uncommon card
Russell Louis Schweickart is an American aeronautical engineer and former NASA astronaut, research scientist, U.S. Air Force fighter pilot, business executive, and government executive.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 71
- DEF
- 67
- Power
- 138
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 57,000
Power 138 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Rusty Schweickart quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Rusty Schweickart card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Schweickart was selected in 1963 for NASA's third ______ group.
Answer
astronaut. Schweickart was selected in 1963 for NASA's third astronaut group. From the Rusty Schweickart article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
As backup commander of the first crewed Skylab mission in ____, he was responsible for developing the hardware and procedures used by the first crew to perform critical in-flight repairs of the Skylab station.
Answer
1970s. As backup commander of the first crewed Skylab mission in 1973, he was responsible for developing the hardware and procedures used by the first crew to perform critical in-flight repairs of the Skylab station. From the Rusty Schweickart 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.
- Schweickart was selected in 1963 for NASA's third astronaut group.
- He was the Lunar Module Pilot on the 1969 Apollo 9 mission, the first crewed flight test of the lunar module, on which he performed the first in-space test of the portable life support system used by the Apollo astronauts who walked on the Moon.
- As backup commander of the first crewed Skylab mission in 1973, he was responsible for developing the hardware and procedures used by the first crew to perform critical in-flight repairs of the Skylab station.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Rusty Schweickart article was read about 57,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 71 and blocks with 67: each hit it takes is cut by 27 %.
How to get Rusty Schweickart
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Rusty Schweickart (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
