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- source37 accessdate "2015-06-22".
- source37 date "1989".
- source37 first1 "Loyd S. Jr.".
- source37 first2 "James M.".
- source37 first3 "Charles C.".
- source37 isCitedBy A-ok.
- source37 isCitedBy John_A._Powers.
- source37 isCitedBy Tecwyn_Roberts.
- source37 last1 "Swenson".
- source37 last2 "Grimwood".
- source37 last3 "Alexander".
- source37 publisher NASA.
- source37 quote "In reporting the Freedom 7 flight, the press attributed the term to Astronaut Shepard, ... A replay of the flight voice communications tape disclosed that Shepard himself did not use the term. . It was Col. John A. "Shorty" Powers ... Tecwyn Roberts of STG and Capt. Henry E. Clements of the Air Force had used "A.OK" frequently in reports written more than four months before the Shepard flight. ... Be that as it may, Powers, "the voice of Mercury Control," by his public use of "A.OK," made those three letters a universal symbol meaning "in perfect working order."".
- source37 quote "In reporting the Freedom 7 flight, the press attributed the term to Astronaut Shepard, ... A replay of the flight voice communications tape disclosed that Shepard himself did not use the term. . It was Col. John A. "Shorty" Powers ... Tecwyn Roberts of STG and Capt. Henry E. Clements of the Air Force had used "A.OK" frequently in reports written more than four months before the Shepard flight. ... Other sources claim that oldtime railroad telegraphers used "A-OK" as one of several terms to report the status of their equipment. Be that as it may, Powers, "the voice of Mercury Control," by his public use of "A.OK," made those three letters a universal symbol meaning "in perfect working order."".
- source37 title "This New Ocean: A History of Project Mercury, Chap. 10: 'Ham Paves the Way'".
- source37 url source37.
- source37 website "Footnote 37".