# The Atoz Game (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2022, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097 "2022-08-04T15:42:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 267
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/5322 "2024-06-22T03:24:51Z")
**Space exploration** Apollo 11 Booster (rocket) ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/5323 "2024-06-22T04:31:00Z")
**Space exploration** Apollo 11 Booster (rocket) Cosmonauts _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/5324 "2024-06-22T14:54:40Z")
**Space exploration** Apollo 11 Booster (rocket) Cosmonauts Deorbit burn ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/5325 "2024-06-22T15:12:23Z")
**Space exploration** Apollo 11 Booster (rocket) Cosmonauts Deorbit burn Einstein’s theory of relativity ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/5326 "2024-06-22T15:56:53Z")
**Space exploration** Apollo 11 Booster (rocket) Cosmonauts Deorbit burn Einstein’s theory of relativity Fire on Pad 34 Space exploration does not always go smoothly RIP Roger Chafee, Virgil ‘Gus’ Grissom, and Ed White _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/5327 "2024-06-22T16:03:01Z")
**Space exploration** Apollo 11 Booster (rocket) Cosmonauts Deorbit burn Einstein’s theory of relativity Fire on Pad 34 Geosynchronous orbit ---
**Author:** ![llikewise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llikewise/32/8522_2.png) [@llikewise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llikewise)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/5328 "2024-06-22T16:49:20Z")
**Space exploration** Apollo 11 Booster (rocket) Cosmonauts Deorbit burn Einstein’s theory of relativity Fire on Pad 34 Geosynchronous orbit Houston Space Center ---
**Author:** ![themapleleaf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/themapleleaf/32/14349_2.png) [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/5329 "2024-06-22T20:41:56Z")
**Space exploration** Apollo 11 Booster (rocket) Cosmonauts Deorbit burn Einstein’s theory of relativity Fire on Pad 34 Geosynchronous orbit Houston Space Center International Space Station ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/5330 "2024-06-22T23:49:19Z")
**Space exploration** Apollo 11 Booster (rocket) Cosmonauts Deorbit burn Einstein’s theory of relativity Fire on Pad 34 Geosynchronous orbit Houston Space Center International Space Station John Glenn ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/5331 "2024-06-22T23:58:43Z")
**Space exploration** Apollo 11 Booster (rocket) Cosmonauts Deorbit burn Einstein’s theory of relativity Fire on Pad 34 Geosynchronous orbit Houston Space Center International Space Station John Glenn Korolev, Sergei ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2024, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/5332 "2024-06-23T01:57:52Z")
**Space exploration** Apollo 11 Booster (rocket) Cosmonauts Deorbit burn Einstein’s theory of relativity Fire on Pad 34 Geosynchronous orbit Houston Space Center International Space Station John Glenn Korolev, Sergei Launch pad ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2024, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/5333 "2024-06-23T02:14:50Z")
**Space exploration** Apollo 11 Booster (rocket) Cosmonauts Deorbit burn Einstein’s theory of relativity Fire on Pad 34 Geosynchronous orbit Houston Space Center International Space Station John Glenn Korolev, Sergei Launch pad Moonshot ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2024, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/5334 "2024-06-23T15:50:15Z")
**Space exploration** Apollo 11 Booster (rocket) Cosmonauts Deorbit burn Einstein’s theory of relativity Fire on Pad 34 Geosynchronous orbit Houston Space Center International Space Station John Glenn Korolev, Sergei Launch pad Moonshot NASA ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2024, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/5335 "2024-06-23T16:49:08Z")
**Space exploration** Apollo 11 Booster (rocket) Cosmonauts Deorbit burn Einstein’s theory of relativity Fire on Pad 34 Geosynchronous orbit Houston Space Center International Space Station John Glenn Korolev, Sergei Launch pad Moonshot NASA Orion spacecraft ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2024, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/5336 "2024-06-23T18:03:28Z")
**Space exploration** Apollo 11 Booster (rocket) Cosmonauts Deorbit burn Einstein’s theory of relativity Fire on Pad 34 Geosynchronous orbit Houston Space Center International Space Station John Glenn Korolev, Sergei Launch pad Moonshot NASA Orion spacecraft Pioneer 10 ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2024, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/5337 "2024-06-23T22:17:02Z")
**Space exploration** Apollo 11 Booster (rocket) Cosmonauts Deorbit burn Einstein’s theory of relativity Fire on Pad 34 Geosynchronous orbit Houston Space Center International Space Station John Glenn Korolev, Sergei Launch pad Moonshot NASA Orion spacecraft Pioneer 10 [Quasarville](https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?q=quasar+nasa&mid=84EC08A6DA2B699B91D684EC08A6DA2B699B91D6&FORM=VIRE) ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2024, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/5338 "2024-06-23T23:55:19Z")
**Space exploration** Apollo 11 Booster (rocket) Cosmonauts Deorbit burn Einstein’s theory of relativity Fire on Pad 34 Geosynchronous orbit Houston Space Center International Space Station John Glenn Korolev, Sergei Launch pad Moonshot NASA Orion spacecraft Pioneer 10 [Quasarville](https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?q=quasar+nasa&mid=84EC08A6DA2B699B91D684EC08A6DA2B699B91D6&FORM=VIRE) Radio telescope ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2024, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/5339 "2024-06-24T00:06:55Z")
**Space exploration** Apollo 11 Booster (rocket) Cosmonauts Deorbit burn Einstein’s theory of relativity Fire on Pad 34 Geosynchronous orbit Houston Space Center International Space Station John Glenn Korolev, Sergei Launch pad Moonshot NASA Orion spacecraft Pioneer 10 [Quasarville](https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?q=quasar+nasa&mid=84EC08A6DA2B699B91D684EC08A6DA2B699B91D6&FORM=VIRE) Radio telescope Saturn V rocket … or as Randall Munroe called it on _ **xkcd** _, the [‘Up Goer Five’](https://xkcd.com/1133/) _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2024, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/5340 "2024-06-24T04:21:01Z")
**Space exploration** Apollo 11 Booster (rocket) Cosmonauts Deorbit burn Einstein’s theory of relativity Fire on Pad 34 Geosynchronous orbit Houston Space Center International Space Station John Glenn Korolev, Sergei Launch pad Moonshot NASA Orion spacecraft Pioneer 10 [Quasarville](https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?q=quasar+nasa&mid=84EC08A6DA2B699B91D684EC08A6DA2B699B91D6&FORM=VIRE) Radio telescope Saturn V rocket Telemetry ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2024, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/5341 "2024-06-25T02:45:56Z")
**Space exploration** Apollo 11 Booster (rocket) Cosmonauts Deorbit burn Einstein’s theory of relativity Fire on Pad 34 Geosynchronous orbit Houston Space Center International Space Station John Glenn Korolev, Sergei Launch pad Moonshot NASA Orion spacecraft Pioneer 10 [Quasarville](https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?q=quasar+nasa&mid=84EC08A6DA2B699B91D684EC08A6DA2B699B91D6&FORM=VIRE) Radio telescope Saturn V rocket Telemetry USA/USSR Each racing the other in 1960s space exploration. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097.md?page=266) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097.md?page=268)