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William H. Dana, a Common card
William Harvey Dana was an American aeronautical engineer, U.S. Air Force pilot, NASA test pilot, and astronaut.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 55
- DEF
- 32
- Power
- 87
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 6,400
Power 87 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 30 % of WikiCards cards.
William H. Dana quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the William H. Dana card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was also selected for ______ in the X-20 Dyna-Soar program.
Answer
participation. He was also selected for participation in the X-20 Dyna-Soar program. From the William H. Dana article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Military Government of Porto Rico. Military Government of Porto Rico 59 · William H. Dana 55 · Ken 50 · Pitt–Tierney duel 47 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 one of twelve pilots who flew the North American X-15, an experimental spaceplane jointly operated by the Air Force and NASA.
- He was also selected for participation in the X-20 Dyna-Soar program.
- On two separate flights, Dana flew the X-15 to an altitude above 50 miles, thereby qualifying as an astronaut according to the United States definition of the boundary of space, however, neither flight exceeded the Kármán line, the internationally accepted boundary of 100 kilometers.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The William H. Dana article was read about 6,400 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 55 and blocks with 32: each hit it takes is cut by 13 %.
How to get William H. Dana
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- Irving ChernevCommon · Society · ATK 52 DEF 35
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, William H. Dana (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

