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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:52, 19 July 2019 (UTC)

Félicette

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... that Félicette, the first cat in space, was subjected to 9.5 g's of acceleration and 5 minutes of weightlessness?

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Chiitan
Comment: HOLD for July 2019

Improved to Good Article status by Kees08 (talk). Nominated by Coffeeandcrumbs (talk) at 11:07, 25 June 2019 (UTC).

Your call, but maybe have a hook about the surgical implants? Kees08 (Talk) 16:25, 25 June 2019 (UTC)

Sure, Alt 1:

ALT1: ~~... that Félicette, the first cat in space, had electrodes surgically implanted in her brain to assess neurological activity?~~

Kees08, how is that? --- Coffeeandcrumbs 16:38, 25 June 2019 (UTC)

Really interesting article. New GA. New enough, long enough, neutrally written, well referenced, no close paraphrasing seen. Image is fair use. QPQ done.
I think the average reader will like the first hook. ALT1 seems obvious. For ALT0, the 5 minutes of weightlessness is verified and cited inline, but the 9 g's need an inline cite. Yoninah (talk) 19:28, 4 July 2019 (UTC)

@Yoninah: The citation attached states in French:

"Durant les 42 secondes de poussée, la chatte, terrifiée, subit une accélération de 9,5 g."

which translates to:

"During the 42 seconds of thrust, the cat, terrified, undergoes an acceleration of 9.5 g."

Thanks for the review. --- Coffeeandcrumbs 19:36, 4 July 2019 (UTC)

What source? There's no inline citation after "applying 9 g's to the payload's occupant." Yoninah (talk) 20:09, 4 July 2019 (UTC)

The poor thing experienced 9.5 g's of acceleration during ascent and 9 g's when the parachute deployed. You are looking at the wrong sentence. --- Coffeeandcrumbs 20:13, 4 July 2019 (UTC)

This reference. --- Coffeeandcrumbs 20:17, 4 July 2019 (UTC)

Facepalm Oh. Thanks. Foreign language ref AGF and cited inline. ALT0 good to go. Yoninah (talk) 20:36, 4 July 2019 (UTC)

@Yoninah: sorry for the last minute tweak but I changed "was subjected to" → "experienced" for NPOV. Subjected seems too judgmental to me. --- Coffeeandcrumbs 20:47, 4 July 2019 (UTC)

@Coffeeandcrumbs: well, it was a scientific experiment, wasn't it? Yoninah (talk) 21:15, 4 July 2019 (UTC)

Well yes. I guess that is true. I have changed it back to the original version. Never mind. --- Coffeeandcrumbs 21:24, 4 July 2019 (UTC)

Thank you. Yoninah (talk) 21:26, 4 July 2019 (UTC)

Thanks. I deliberately chose the word 'subjected' to emphasize that the experience was not voluntary (obvious at that point, but I digress). Kees08 (Talk) 19:21, 6 July 2019 (UTC)