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I'm curious about the part of User:216.119.134.146 edit where the part reading
was replaced with
These versions seem rather contradictary. Sources? Wondering, -- Infrogmation 17:44, 2 Mar 2004 (UTC)of curse yes
Kalpana had absolutely interest in and was at best antagonistic towards religion. As far as I know Kalpana never attended any religious temple in Houston; the only explanation I can come up with for the above-mentioned quote from the temple administrator is that this person/organization attempted to used Kalpana's name to promote their own agenda. Kalpana would on occasion leave any event in which any religious ceremony would occur.
Jean-Pierre Harrison
she was Sikh . her non-indian husband may not wanna to except that. Whether he like it or not, it's not gonna take away from her heritage.
Here heritage was Sikh , I'm sure her husband doesn't deny it), but she evidently was not religious and you should accept that. Plch ( talk) 14:52, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
The phrase "became a naturalized United States citizen" has twice been removed by anon editor/s. Is the phrase false or inaccurate? Is there a reason it should not be in the article? Please explain. -- Infrogmation 16:15, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Is it for relevance? -- Rj 20:37, Dec 14, 2004 (UTC)
Does she belong in the "Indian Astronauts" category? She was a naturalized US citizen, and was in NASA, the U.S. space corps, not the Indian space corps. -- FelineAvenger 05:26, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Does she belong in the "Indian scientists" category? (Same reasoning as above). -- Zigzackly ( talk) 22:45, 6 April 2014 (UTC)
"...first astronaut to have been born in India."
This may cause some confusion. Rakesh Sharma was the first Indian in space. See: http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/SPACE/space-human.html .
There is no confusion since Rakesh Sharma was India's first cosmonaut, so Chawla naturally is the first Indian born astronaut. -- PremKudva Talk 11:05, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
I propose that the above sentence be changed to:
"She was the first Indian-born woman in space."
I think this is clearer in stating Dr. Chawla's achievements.
Chawla was the first Indian to fly in the space shuttle. Vera Cruz
I know this is a late reply...but Premkudva the English genius probably DOESN'T realise that cosmonaut is Russian for Astronaut.... -- Rsrikanth05 ( talk) 09:44, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
This section at the end "She died a hero and a role-model for many young women, especially in India and particularly those in her hometown of Karnal where she serves to encourage young people to follow in her footsteps." seems way too opinionated for Wikipedia. I have not changed it, mind. Palnu 18:53, 3 Nov 2004 (UTC)
I took out:
I googled for her name + satellite + 1996 and couldn't find incident. Might this be a reference to her work with the Shuttle's robot arm on the Spartan Satellite during STS-87 in 1997? -- Infrogmation 21:38 Feb 1, 2003 (UTC)
I re-integrated it into the STS-87 section.
Perhaps the reference should be changed to 74th Street in Jackson Heights, Queens? I haven't seen the street sign there recently, so I won't make the change. As a former resident of Jackson Heights, changing that street name seems a higher probability than any of the many other 74th Streets in New York. An unadorned reference to New York City usually leads people to think of Manhattan. Eddieuny 19:55:32 27 Jul 2005 (UTC)
While this article give the date of birth as 17 March 1962, other language versions say it's 1 Juli 1961, see fr:Kalpana Chawla. -- Martinwilke1980 18:37, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
Kalpana's date of birth was 7 March 1962. The 1 July 1961 date is quoted because that is what was used to enroll her in school at a younger than normal age. This manufactured date therefore became part of her official record.
Jean-Pierre Harrison
Why is her date of birth in the box listed as 17 March 1961, but the article body says "17 March 1962" was her actual date of birth?
GigaG ( talk) 02:28, 5 May 2021 (UTC)
This is now defunct. Still worth leaving there though, because I think there was one edition. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.224.246.155 ( talk) 11:06, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
Possibly consider adding more information to her death. Adding a one to two sentence overview on the Columbia disaster could be beneficial for people finding quick information. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gerrittluoma ( talk • contribs) 18:44, 16 November 2017 (UTC)
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change Punjab to Harayana. 68.181.88.1 ( talk) 07:53, 12 March 2018 (UTC)
Not done Haryana did not exist until 1966 so, as Chawla was born in 1962, she could not have been born there. - Arjayay ( talk) 13:30, 12 March 2018 (UTC)
Per MOS:OPENPARABIO we need to include her citizenship here, not her ethnicity. Unless there is reliably sourced evidence that she maintained an Indian passport as well as her US citizenship, she is considered an American, with ethnicity to be discussed in her early/personal life sections. Elizium23 ( talk) 13:59, 1 February 2021 (UTC)
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