Road Runner Posted September 14, 2021 Share #1 Posted September 14, 2021 Category: Scientific Etymology 2 of the 3 men for whom armalcolite, a dark gray mineral discovered in 1969, is named Spoiler Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins While it was later found in locations on Earth, Armalcolite was first discovered in the Sea of Tranquility in July 1969 on the Apollo 11 mission, manned by Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins. Armalcolite was later named after the three of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted September 14, 2021 Share #2 Posted September 14, 2021 No way i was getting that one correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted September 14, 2021 Share #3 Posted September 14, 2021 6 minutes ago, Razors Edge said: No way i was getting that one correct. Ditto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikeguy Posted September 14, 2021 Share #4 Posted September 14, 2021 I wasn't even close... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted September 14, 2021 Author Share #5 Posted September 14, 2021 1969 is the clue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted September 14, 2021 Share #6 Posted September 14, 2021 Just now, Road Runner said: 1969 is the clue. Well, part of it. The clue was: "Scientific Etymology - 2 of the 3 men for whom armalcolite, a dark gray mineral discovered in 1969, is named" I thought maybe Armand Hammer owned a mine, but the next bit didn't work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted September 14, 2021 Author Share #7 Posted September 14, 2021 1969 was famous for a huge event in the history of mankind. Of course, I am old enough to remember it vividly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted September 14, 2021 Share #8 Posted September 14, 2021 2 minutes ago, Road Runner said: 1969 was famous for a huge event in the history of mankind. Of course, I am old enough to remember it vividly. I glossed over the 1969. The a after arm threw me. I was thinking it couldn’t be Armstrong, then my wife said oh yeah, the moon. With a few more seconds I might have gotten aldrin, but Collins was snot on my radar. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted September 14, 2021 Author Share #9 Posted September 14, 2021 On July 20, 1969, I was sitting in front of my parents TV with an audio tape recorder, intent on recording the proceedings and Walter Cronkite's reporting of them. We had no video recorders back then, so I wanted my own audio recording of the event. Somewhere along the way of life, I lost the tape. It would be fun to listen to today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted September 14, 2021 Share #10 Posted September 14, 2021 2 minutes ago, Road Runner said: On July 20, 1969, I was sitting in front of my parents TV with an audio tape recorder, intent on recording the proceedings and Walter Cronkite's reporting of them. We had no video recorders back then, so I wanted my own recording of the event. Somewhere along the way of life, I lost the tape. It would be fun to listen to today. I would have been a 3 week old embryo!!! My mom wouldn't have even know she was pregnant yet! Or maybe I was a few weeks early and I am a MOON LANDING BABY!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr Posted September 15, 2021 Share #11 Posted September 15, 2021 Collins is kinda like the third ghost buster after Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd, 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted September 15, 2021 Share #12 Posted September 15, 2021 8 minutes ago, Zephyr said: Collins is kinda like the third ghost buster after Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis? My hero for Caddyshack. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted September 15, 2021 Share #13 Posted September 15, 2021 52 minutes ago, Road Runner said: On July 20, 1969, I was sitting in front of my parents TV with an audio tape recorder, intent on recording the proceedings and Walter Cronkite's reporting of them. We had no video recorders back then, so I wanted my own audio recording of the event. Somewhere along the way of life, I lost the tape. It would be fun to listen to today. I was just a few days shy of 14 yo. I vividly remember sitting in front of the TV watching. It was jut me and the rest of the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikeguy Posted September 15, 2021 Share #14 Posted September 15, 2021 51 minutes ago, Razors Edge said: I would have been a 3 week old embryo!!! Hell...l I'm old enough to remember the JFK assentation. And WoBG and I made it a required vacation stop to walk on the grassy knoll and see the 6th floor of the book depository. The 1969 clue didn't help me... (yeah I know... ) I was thinking who were the scientists that discovered some obscure element that only exists in a lab for 3 seconds or less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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