GordonD Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 Soichi Noguchi has become only the third man to do what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arild Moland Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 Hmmm... he's one of five two launch on three different launch systems, so it must be something else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 Have a wee out of the ISS window? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LorenSharp Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 Having survived one of General Melchetts home cooked meals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted November 16, 2020 Author Share Posted November 16, 2020 7 hours ago, Arild Moland said: Hmmm... he's one of five two launch on three different launch systems, so it must be something else. No, that's it - three people have been launched into Earth orbit aboard three different spacecraft. Wally Schirra - Mercury, Gemini, Apollo John Young - Gemini, Apollo, Space Shuttle Soichi Noguchi - Space Shuttle, Soyuz, Dragon I'm specifying Earth orbit to avoid the question about the Apollo CSM and LM being different spacecraft, in which case it would be more than five: Â Al Shepard - Mercury, Apollo CSM, Apollo LM Armstrong, Aldrin, Conrad, Scott and Cernan - all Gemini, Apollo CSM, Apollo LM Young would be a four-timer, with Gemini, Apollo CSM, Apollo LM and Space Shuttle. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted November 17, 2020 Author Share Posted November 17, 2020 Okay, another one. Â What makes Story Musgrave unique (in an astronautical sense!)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arild Moland Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 Only one to have flown all five shuttles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted November 17, 2020 Author Share Posted November 17, 2020 18 minutes ago, Arild Moland said: Only one to have flown all five shuttles. You're good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arild Moland Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 Hehe, I know how to Google It isn't hard, really. I did this by selecting the text "Story Musgrave", right-click and choose 'Search Google for "Story Musgrave"', and read the Wikipedia-entry on him.  Judging by some of the questions people ask on forums and FB, one would think Google still is an obscure and little known service, though.  That said, keep the questions coming. They're good fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted November 20, 2020 Author Share Posted November 20, 2020 Right - try this (and be specific!) Â What do the following have in common? Â Director of several James Bond films A Green Lantern A movie cowboy Author of the Doctor books Keyboard player with Marillion Former DJ and television presenter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arild Moland Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 They share name with astronauts (even if spelling can be slightly off).  Have only figured out four of them yet, but pretty sure the name is the common thing.  "Director of several James Bond films": John Glen "Author of the Doctor books": Richard Gordon "Keyboard player with Marillion": Mark Kelly "A Green Lantern": Guy Gardner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted November 21, 2020 Author Share Posted November 21, 2020 18 hours ago, Arild Moland said: They share name with astronauts (even if spelling can be slightly off).  Have only figured out four of them yet, but pretty sure the name is the common thing.  "Director of several James Bond films": John Glen "Author of the Doctor books": Richard Gordon "Keyboard player with Marillion": Mark Kelly "A Green Lantern": Guy Gardner Yep. Movie cowboy is "Hoot" Gibson and the former DJ is Mike Smith. I admit the Bond one is a cheat because of the spelling! So is Gibson, actually, because the cowboy was Edmund and the astronaut is Robert, but they had the same nickname (presumably one named after the other). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Knight Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 Heres one for ye. Something in common between the Irish Civil War and Apollo Not political, its more straight forward than you can imagine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob998 Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 Easy. Â Michael Collins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Mc Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 And in what country was Michael Collins born? (The Apollo one, of course). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arild Moland Posted November 27, 2020 Share Posted November 27, 2020 Italy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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