{"id":65447,"date":"2015-08-05T17:11:12","date_gmt":"2015-08-06T00:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=65447"},"modified":"2015-08-05T17:28:50","modified_gmt":"2015-08-06T00:28:50","slug":"neil-armstrongs-85th-birthday-signifies-his-birth-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2015\/08\/05\/neil-armstrongs-85th-birthday-signifies-his-birth-date\/","title":{"rendered":"Neil Armstrong\u2019s 85th birthday signifies his birth date"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_65448\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-65448\" style=\"width: 624px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Remember-Neil-Armstrong.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-65448\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Remember-Neil-Armstrong.jpg\" alt=\"Research Pilot Neil Armstrong posed with the world's first rocket-powered X-15 aircraft that he piloted from 1960 to 1962. The aircraft contributed to the development of all future NASA spacecraft for humans from the Mercury capsule to the Space Shuttle. [NASA photo]\" width=\"624\" height=\"429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Remember-Neil-Armstrong.jpg 624w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Remember-Neil-Armstrong-300x206.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-65448\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Research Pilot Neil Armstrong with the world&#8217;s first rocket-powered X-15 aircraft that he piloted from 1960 to 1962. [NASA photo]<\/figcaption><\/figure><em><strong>By <a href=\"http:\/\/faculty.up.edu\/ainan\/publications.html\" target=\"_blank\">Aziz S. Inan, Ph.D.<\/a>, Electrical Engineering, University of Portland, Portland, Oregon<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>American astronaut Neil Alden Armstrong (Aug. 5, 1930-Aug. 25, 2012) was one of the first two humans who landed on the Moon in the Apollo 11 spacecraft on July 20, 1969.<\/p>\n<p>When Armstrong put his left boot on the lunar surface, he spoke the famous words, \u201cThat\u2019s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Today, Aug. 5, 2015, marks Neil Armstrong\u2019s 85th birthday and interestingly enough, if number 85 is interpreted as calendar date 8-5, it signifies his birth date, August 5. Isn\u2019t this a unique coincidence?<\/p>\n<p>In addition, if numbers 1 to 26 are assigned to the letters of the English alphabet as A being 1, B is 2, C = 3, etc., 85 corresponds to the difference of the sum of the numbers assigned to the letters of \u201cNeil\u201d and \u201cArmstrong\u201d (which are 40 and 125 respectively).<\/p>\n<p>Also, the product of the digits of 85 yields 8 x 5 = 40, which coincides with the sum of the numbers assigned to the letters of Armstrong\u2019s first name, \u201cNeil\u201d. (Also, the difference between 40 and its reverse (04) results in 36, which corresponds to the sum of the numbers assigned to the letters of Armstrong\u2019s middle name, \u201cAlden\u201d.)<\/p>\n<p>Number 85 expressed in binary number system equal 1010101, a palindrome number. Interestingly enough, the sum of the numbers assigned to the letters of \u201cNeil Armstrong\u201d is 165 and if this number is also expressed in binary, it equals 10100101, another palindrome number having an extra zero digit in the middle of 1010101.Doesn\u2019t this make Armstrong\u2019s 85th birthday even more special?<\/p>\n<p>Happy 85th birthday to the great honorable man, Neil Armstrong!<\/p>\n<p><em>View more birthday brain teasers from <a href=\"http:\/\/faculty.up.edu\/ainan\/publications.html\" target=\"_blank\">Aziz S. Inan, Ph.D.,<\/a> at <a href=\"http:\/\/faculty.up.edu\/ainan\/publications.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/faculty.up.edu\/ainan\/publications.html<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Related story<\/span>: <a href=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2015\/08\/05\/remembering-neil-a-armstrong\/\" target=\"_blank\">Remembering Neil A. Armstrong<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Aziz S. Inan, Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of Portland, Portland, Oregon American astronaut Neil Alden Armstrong (Aug. 5, 1930-Aug. 25, 2012) was one of the first two humans who landed on the Moon in the Apollo 11 spacecraft on July 20, 1969. When Armstrong put his left boot on the lunar surface, he spoke [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":65448,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1480],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65447"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65447\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}