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A fact from Paul Blasingame appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 30 July 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Paul Blasingame was a member of the "inertial mafia", who advocated the use of inertial navigation systems, and he oversaw the development of the one used by the Apollo spacecraft (pictured)?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2022/July. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Paul Blasingame.

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by 97198 (talk) 09:11, 28 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Apollo spacecraft inertial measurement unit

... that Paul Blasingame was a member of the "inertial mafia", who advocated the use of inertial navigation systems, and he oversaw the development of the one used by the Apollo spacecraft (pictured)? Source: https://www.afspc.af.mil/Portals/3/documents/Pioneers/2009_Blasingame.pdf
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Gunslinger effect

Created by Hawkeye7 (talk). Self-nominated at 21:46, 3 July 2022 (UTC).[reply]

New enough and long enough. QPQ present. Hook fact checks out and is in article. No textual issues seen; Earwig does, though, catch a lot of common organization names (MIT, etc.) and unavoidable word formulations from his obituary. Image is freely licensed and does have some pop at small sizes. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 01:08, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]