Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Mariner 2 Engineering Model

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Original – Mariner 2 Engineering Model
Reason
high-quality photo of a spacecraft
Articles in which this image appears
Mariner program, Mariner 2, Mariner 1
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Getting there
Creator
Smithsonian, CC0
I agree that the photo is not ideal, but it's the best photo of the spacecraft that exists and is in public domain, and it's very unlikely that Smithsonian or anybody else will create another studio photography of better quality. The photo is still very good in my (unprofessional) opinion, and it has an encyclopedic value. Artem.G (talk) 06:48, 23 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I think I'd rather have out-of-studio good quality than in-studio and mediocre, though it depends where on display it is. 11:03, 29 April 2023 (UTC) Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8.3% of all FPs. Currently celebrating his 600th FP! 11:03, 29 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 05:37, 30 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]