Word: krypton
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...solar wind, heated a pinch of moon dust to 3,000° F. Analyzing the escaping gases, he found that the lunar surface had absorbed considerable helium and hydrogen from the sun. But he also noted surprisingly large amounts of such rare gases as argon, neon, krypton and xenon, which suggested that the moon may prove a promising solar observatory. At California's Lick Observatory, astronomers were finally able to get a reading on the distance between earth and moon. Using the reflector left behind by the astronauts, the Lick astronomers calculated that their distance from Tranquillity Base...
...only two hours or so. Soon after emerging from Eagle, they will place on the lunar surface a sheet of aluminum foil suspended from a stand. It will be exposed to the constant stream of particles expelled by the sun and should trap rare gases such as argon, krypton, xenon, neon and helium. Returned to earth in a vacuum box, the captive gases will be analyzed to give scientists new insights into the sun and the "wind" that it blows through the solar system...
...tickets to Stockholm." Played by Michael O'Sullivan in his best witch-minus-broomstick style, the scientist seeks revenge by attempting to destroy the symbol of goodness in Metropolis. He brain-shrinks Superman (a difficult feat) with the suggestion that being rocketed out from the exploding planet Krypton as a child has left him with a rejection trauma that demands the compensatory adulation of millions...
...prosper. By compressing air until it liquefies, the industry extracts various gases whose temperatures are close to absolute zero ( - 460° F.). It has thus created a spectrum of uses for rare gases whose inertness, heavy atomic weights and unique electrical properties make them invaluable servants: argon for welding, krypton for long-lasting light bulbs, and xenon for high-intensity lights such as those used at airports. Even the more common gases are moving into new fields. In the next few months a big food processor will announce that it is flash-freezing fruits and vegetables with liquid nitrogen, which...
...Answer. The waves of krypton 86 have none of these failings. They cannot be lost, destroyed, damaged or stolen (there is krypton in all air), and scientists believe that their length, which is determined by the properties of the krypton 86 atom, will never change at all. Anyone with the proper equipment (present cost about $100,000) can reproduce, even a million years from now, the standard unit of length adopted in 1960. By use of an interferometer-an optical device that counts wave lengths and fractions of them-the new light standard gives measurements accurate to one part...