Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Saturn V Rocket

 
Original - The first Saturn V, AS-501, before the launch of Apollo 4. Early morning view on November 9, 1967 of Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, showing the Apollo 4 Saturn V (Spacecraft 017/Saturn 501) prior to launch later that day. This was the first launch of the Saturn V.
Reason
This image is very eye catching and contains a beautiful background.
Articles this image appears in
  1. Saturn V,
  2. Spaceflight,
  3. Apollo 4,
  4. Arthur Rudolph,
  5. Megaproject
Creator
NASA
edit: Changed to strong oppose after reading the picture's description. The moon was indeed added later. Fransw (talk) 16:05, 30 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong oppose Fake moon. The image looks like something off of the back of a 1990s Lego box. (I'd also add that fake moons tend to demonstrate people's general ignorance. They think the moon is a pretty thing, but they never actually look up.) TheOtherSiguy (talk) 23:14, 30 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Fake moon ruins the enc. (do i recall reading that this moon position is completely incorrect for the time of shot which is inexcusable for NASA of all people.) Mfield (talk) 03:22, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Makes you wonder what else they faked on this mission ;) Mostlyharmless (talk) 03:59, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose.
Is NOT of a high technical standard. Not sure about being an exception, it's potentially historical/unique but impossibility of technically superior image is unclear.
Meets minimum requirements for resolution, but not great. Again not sure about exception.
Wikipedia's best work? IMO not.
While somewhat pretty, doesn't add much to the articles it appears in.
Is not accurate
Based on the article, and the note (which describes potential errors in the description about direction, timing, and addition of a full moon which should have been a quarter moon). See http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/RS_OneDay.php and enter November 9th, 1967 at Merritt Island, Florida. The moon was added in the incorrect phase, and either it was in the incorrect direction relative to the rocket or the image was altered and it was taken at sunset not sunrise. The later would then require that "USA", "United States", and the American Flags would have been flipped. Based on other photos it appears to be in the original orientation, but the moon is added.
The caption is cluttered and possibly inaccurate.
Digital Manipulation is questionable. The problems seem to have come from it's source in NASA and not editing by wikipedians, so does this apply? More over it requires much manipulation to overcome issues of technical quality.Dwayne Reed (talk) 04:39, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted MER-C 04:02, 2 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]