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Did you know... that NASA mechanical engineer Aaron Yazzie has compared the surface of Mars to the landscape near his birthplace in the Navajo Nation?
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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 10:48, 2 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
... that NASA mechanical engineer Aaron Yazzie has compared the surface of Mars to the landscape near his Navajo Nation birthplace? Source: "Coincidentally, Mars’ crust reminds Yazzie of the Navajo Nation. “My family is from Tuba City, [Arizona] and every time I go back, it looks so similar. That’s something that I’ve been learning — that Earth and Mars are not that different,” Yazzie told Native Business." NASA Mechanical Engineer Aaron Yazzie Discusses His Work on Mars
Reviewed: Not required (1st DYK nomination)
Created by Katya0133 (talk). Self-nominated at 19:36, 25 May 2020 (UTC).[reply]
Meets all requirements. My only suggestion is that the hook wikilinks to at least Mars and Navajo Nation. CMD (talk) 02:29, 28 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the suggestion! I've added the appropriate wikilinks to the hook. Katya (talk) 04:08, 30 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I just noticed that the article itself never actually specifies Tuba is in the Navajo Nation and didn't link Mars either, but I've gone and made those fixes myself, as they were in the sources already included in the article.
Meets requirements. CMD (talk) 04:17, 30 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]