Talk:Edgar Mitchell

The Aliens have landed

I noticed that a poorly written bit of info from an IP user was removed. What Edgar says here probably should be mentioned in the article. But I doubt an IP could get the wording right. In fact, I myself am not even going to attempt to word it. So I'd suggest an experienced editor has a shot at it! Good luck... All Grown Up Whovian 19:58, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Oh sod it, i'll have a go! You only learn by doing ;-) All Grown Up Whovian 20:28, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Done, but it seems most of the info was already in the article! All Grown Up Whovian 20:35, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

All fixed. I reworded it to make it more encyclopaedic, moved it to replace the earlier mention and also replaced the source with a more reliable one. Wayne (talk) 07:34, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

Looks good! Cheers :-) All Grown Up Whovian 10:16, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

Sorry If I Am editing this incorrectly, please correct it. But an article with his interview can be found here: http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24070088-13762,00.html And audio from the interview can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhtDB0s4OKg

Thanks for correcting and using this information, IP Noob —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.6.104.62 (talk) 21:39, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

OH and here is NASA on this http://astrobiology.nasa.gov/ask-an-astrobiologist/question/?id=2493 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.6.104.62 (talk) 21:45, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

he never said ETs had been attempting to keep us from going to war & help create peace on Earth HuffPost asked Mitchell who said "None of those statements were originated by me." in the The Mirror Waptek (talk) 18:47, 7 February 2016 (UTC) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/moonwalker-edgar-mitchell-denies-saying-ets-prevented-nuclear-war_us_55d61660e4b07addcb45eb80

Edit request from Theunexplained, 14 February 2011

{{edit semi-protected}}

In an interview in February 2011 Edgar Mitchell told "The Unexplained Podcast"  he thinks thinks are different species - some who have our best interests at heart and some who may not and he believes there are people - some in and around the space programme and bound by confidentiality agreements - who will one day bring forward more evidence.  Dr Mitchell also discussed his ongoing concerns over the "sustainability" of earth's resources.      

External Reference - The Unexplained with Howard Hughes - (http://www.theunexplained.tv/paranormal-podcasts/edition-53-edgar-mitchell) Theunexplained (talk) 15:49, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

Not done: Primary source. In addition, I don't know what you want added, modified, or removed from the article. -Atmoz (talk) 16:05, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

Edit regarding ESP experiments conducted on the moon

I found a reference to a paper regarding said experiments having been published in the Journal of Parapsychology in 1971, including the abstract of it being cited in full in a skeptic's dictionary article (http://www.skepdic.com/refuge/entangledreview.html) and decided to add it to the article. I figure that people might be interested in reading some skeptical criticism of said experiment. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aikiboy1111111 (talk • contribs) 11:13, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

US 285 designated at "Edgar D. Mitchell, Apollo 14 Astronaut, Highway"

This might be appropriate under the Honors and Awards section, but since it's currently just a bullet list referencing information from the equivalent article on the Polish Wikipedia, I'll just enter the information here and someone else can update the main article.

Reference: http://dot.state.nm.us/content/dam/nmdot/Transportation_Commission/Regular-Session-January24-2013.pdf starting on page 9

Approval of Resolution no. 2013-02 (JAN) Designating a 60.60 Mile Portion of US 285 as the "Edgar D. Mitchell, Apollo 14 Astronaut, Highway"

Ralph Meeks, Acting District Two Engineer, NMDOT, respectfully asked the Commission to approve Resolution No. 2013-02 (JAN) Designationg a 60.60 Mile Portion of US 285 as the "Edgar D. Mitchell, Apollo 14 Astronaut, Highway". This is a proposed ratification of the January 17, 1971 New Mexico State Transporation Commission, formerly the New Mexico State Highway Commission, dedication of the 60.60 mile portion of US 285 from ist junction with NM 524 in Eddy County, nor to its junction with NM 2 in Chavez County as the 285 as the "Edgar D. Mitchell Highway" and its re-designation as the "Edgar D. Mitchell, Apollo 14 Astronaut, Highway".

Chairman Rahn asked for a motion to approve Resolution No. 2013-02 (JAN) Designation a 60.60 Mile Portion of US 285 as the "Edgar D. Mitchell, Apollo 14 Astronaut, Highway"; Commissioner Wallach mad a motion; Vice Chair Schmeits seconded; motion carried unanimously.

71.39.178.202 (talk) 18:14, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

Artesia New Mexico is right next to Roswell!

The astronaut grew up right next to the famous UFO site of Roswell, New Mexico. 40 miles according to Google Maps. He was 17 years old at tht time. So I think, his testimony is valid. 93.219.157.242 (talk) 05:30, 13 January 2015 (UTC)

1) Proximity to something doesn't inherently grant knowledge. 2) "40 miles" is nearly an hour away at highway speeds, longer on side streets. That doesn't quite qualify as "right next to".

24.14.224.157 (talk) 18:08, 19 December 2016 (UTC)

Big gap in biography

I figure there is a good reason there is no information on Mr Mitchell from 1972 to 2009ish. I won't speculate here. But, it makes one wonder, what ever happened to the level-headed scientist and pilot that NASA hired? Remember guys, a Wikipedia article is not a fan page. If someone could look into what happened to Mr Mitchell post NASA and fill in the gaps with unbiased info, the rest of us won't have to. Right? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.191.148.9 (talk) 19:45, 17 August 2015 (UTC)

Assessment comment

The comment(s) below were originally left at Talk:Edgar Mitchell/Comments, and are posted here for posterity. Following several discussions in past years, these subpages are now deprecated. The comments may be irrelevant or outdated; if so, please feel free to remove this section.

==Quality of article== I cannot believe how little information there is about Mitchell's Apollo 14 flight in the main article. There is barely any mention of it. It is by far, the most important achievement of his career and it is barely mentioned. Most of this article focuses on his post-Apollo career. Sadly, I have found this lack of attention to detail in almost all the articles relating to the Apollo-Era Moonwalkers. Needs significant work to become a B-Class article.Abebenjoe 22:43, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Last edited at 22:47, 21 April 2009 (UTC). Substituted at 14:07, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

External links modified

Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified one external link on Edgar Mitchell. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:

• Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20160304032406/http://www.scouting.org/about/factsheets/scouting_space.aspx to http://www.scouting.org/About/FactSheets/scouting_space.aspx

When you have finished reviewing my changes, please set the checked parameter below to true or failed to let others know (documentation at {{Sourcecheck}}).

This message was posted before February 2018. After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{source check}} (last update: 5 June 2024).

• If you have discovered URLs which were erroneously considered dead by the bot, you can report them with this tool.
• If you found an error with any archives or the URLs themselves, you can fix them with this tool.

Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 05:46, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

Superlatives incorrect or out of context

@Fotaun: The following "superlatives" you just added are taken out of context:

* Longest distance traversed on the lunar surface (shared by Mitchel and Shepherd)

This would perhaps be the longest on foot; the Apollo 17 mission undisputedly traversed the greatest distance (35.74 km) using the Lunar Roving Vehicle.

* First color TV transmission from surface of the Moon

First successful transmission; Apollo 12 transmitted color for a few minutes until Bean pointed the camera at the Sun. (This can be verified from the Apollo Lunar Surface Journal, but the Apollo 12 article has a citation error; it points to the Apollo 11 ALSJ.

* One of 12 people to walk on the Moon so far

Calling this a superlative gives undue weight to Mitchell, as the other 11 men also accomplished it. It can be more neutrally mentioned in the lead that Mitchel was sixth out of 12 so far.

The following are just plain wrong:

* Longest lunar stay time (33 hours)

Maybe it was the longest at the time, but the longest stay was on Apollo 17, 75 hours

* Largest payload returned from lunar surface

42.8 kg; again, a record at the time, but Apollo 17 returned 110.4 kg. Again, calling them superlatives like this gives undue weight to Mitchell.

Also, some of these were already there. JustinTime55 (talk) 16:10, 22 December 2016 (UTC)

External links modified

Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified 4 external links on Edgar Mitchell. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:

• Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20170316062223/https://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/mitchell-ed.html to https://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/mitchell-ed.html
• Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20080518163000/http://www.edmitchellapollo14.com/articles.htm to http://www.edmitchellapollo14.com/articles.htm
• Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20080513052751/http://www.shiftinaction.com/node/94 to http://www.shiftinaction.com/node/94
• Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20100505204600/http://www.astronautix.com/astros/mitchell.htm to http://www.astronautix.com/astros/mitchell.htm

When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.

This message was posted before February 2018. After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{source check}} (last update: 5 June 2024).

• If you have discovered URLs which were erroneously considered dead by the bot, you can report them with this tool.
• If you found an error with any archives or the URLs themselves, you can fix them with this tool.

Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 06:21, 11 November 2017 (UTC)