Name this astronaut!

[Tim Hall]

@EnPassant & @Profpointy No, and no. (At least that wasn't the answer on the card)

 

[Tim Hall]

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The other two were one of "The Seven".

And...

 

[EnPassant]

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The other two were one of "The Seven".

I'm going to get shot for this, not least by @classic33, but technically, 'the other two were two of "the seven"' surely?

 

[classic33]

And...

US Marine

 

[Tim Hall]

US Marine

Nope. How did The Seven (or five of them anyway) get immortalised?

 

[classic33]

I'm going to get shot for this, not least by @classic33, but technically, 'the other two were two of "the seven"' surely?

Can't make it too easy!

 

[classic33]

Nope. How did The Seven (or five of them anyway) get immortalised?

Messenger.

"Glamorous Glennis"

 

[sight-pin]

Name this one:
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(OK - it's a painting, but the thing was done on TV, with poor quality, and so no decent photos and this represents the 'event').

David Scott. Hammer Versus Feather....Apollo 15

 

[Tim Hall]

Wallace?

Can't be Wallace, as the leg garments are incorrect. They're The Wrong Trousers.

 

[Tim Hall]

Messenger.

"Glamorous Glennis"

Not what I was thinking. Wasn't Glamorous Glennis Chuck Yeager's thing anyway?

 

[classic33]

He was the only one whose son was a toy...or...He was the only one of the three that walked on the moon or....He's the only one of the three that can't be found in Scottish sheep farming or I give up...

Edit I looked it up, so it's not the only one who walked on the moon.

Also missing a name, which changes the answer.

 

[rikki]

There are many reasons why Buzz Aldrin is the odd one out in any list of astronauts, not the least of which is that he is the only one who is Buzz Aldrin.
Two others are:
He was never a test pilot.
He took Holy Communion while in space (on the moon actually).

 

[Tim Hall]

Bearing in mind that other questions in this quiz have been, in a round named "Who Won", out of The Clash and The Law, who won? And this week we had a round entitled "Jet Fighter, Sword or Caravan?", where a name , eg Excalibur, had to be put in the correct category (or categories), you may be in danger of over thinking this.

 

[Rab]

Alan Shepard was the first American in space

John Glenn was the first American to orbit the earth

Buzz Aldrin wasn't first at anything in the space race

 

[rikki]

I always wondered what Buzz was short for. Buzzard? Buzztard? Buzzer?

According to Wikipedia - "The nickname "Buzz" originated in childhood: the younger of his two elder sisters mispronounced "brother" as "buzzer", and this was shortened to Buzz. Aldrin made it his legal first name in 1988."