This might be a clue I created to point to when I won 2 gold medals in the 1964 Winter Olympics at Innsbruck. This calculation points to a date within the date range for the Olympic competition. I assume it is a 1-593 clue. I don't know though. I would feel more confident if STS-49 was his first flight. But it could be I had selected him for this clue even though STS-36 was his first flight. There could be something about -36 that connects to -49. Don't remember.
From 5/19/1955 to 2/7/1964 is: 3186 days
3186 / 2 = 1593
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_J._Thuot
Commander Pierre Joseph Thuot (pronounced THOO-it) was a NASA astronaut (1985-1995).
He is currently the Associate Chairman in the Aerospace Engineering Department, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland.
Missions STS-36, STS-49, STS-62
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_Winter_Olympics
The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games, were celebrated in Innsbruck, Austria, from January 29 to February 9, 1964. The games included 1091 athletes from 36 nations, and the Olympic Torch was carried by Joseph Rieder, [1] a former alpine skier who had participated in the 1956 Winter Olympics.
I looked at this one because it was the 17th shuttle launch. I turned 17 on 3/3/1976 and spent that entire year in space. I think this is supposed to be a 3-3-4 clue.
From 3/3/1976 to 4/29/1985 is: 3344 days
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-51-B
STS 51-B was the seventeenth flight of a Space Shuttle and the seventh flight of Challenger.
Launch: April 29, 1985
Landing: May 6, 1985 Runway 17
This was the pilot for that 17th launch of the space shuttle. I assume the objective was 4/14/1977 and it is only off by 12 days for this pilot of the space shuttle. I recognize the date 4/14/1977 as when I returned to Earth after successfully diverting the comet.
From 1/7/1941 to 3/3/1959 is: 6629 days
From 3/3/1959 to 4/26/1977 is: 6629 days
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_D._Gregory
Frederick Drew Gregory (Colonel, USAF, Ret.) is a former NASA astronaut and former NASA Deputy Administrator. He also served briefly as NASA Acting Administrator in early 2005, covering the period between the departure of Sean O'Keefe and the swearing in of Michael Griffin.
Missions STS-51-B, STS-33, STS-44
The following is my examination of details associated with space shuttle flights STS-26, STS-27, and STS-28.
I pondered over whether STS-26 would point to my experience in Africa because I was 26.95 years old on 2/14/1986, which is the date I recognize as when I was shot down by anti-aircraft fire. I turned 27 when I was a Prisoner of War in Libya, if I have this all figured out correctly. I would have been 28 when I finally got home, having completed my escape on 5/13/1987. It is suspiciously similar to 10 years earlier. I spent my entire 17th year in outer space. I recognize that I spent my entire 27th year missing Africa.
The space shuttle flight STS-26 returned to Earth 3.586 years after my 26th birthday. The following day was 3.589 years after my 26th birthday. If the shuttle flight STS-26 had landed 2 days later, it would have been 3.59 years after my 26th birthday. The time period from my 26th birthday to when STS-26 landed is 1310 days. That landing was only 2 days off from creating a perfect 3-59 clue pointing to me.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-26
Launch: September 29, 1988, 11:37:00 a.m. EDT
Landing: October 3, 1988, 9:37:11 a.m. PDT
STS-26 was a space shuttle mission by NASA using the Discovery. It was the 26th shuttle mission, and the seventh for Discovery. It was the "Return to Flight" mission, being the first mission after the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. This was the first mission to use the original Space Transportation System numbering system since STS-9, and the first to have all crew members wearing pressure suits for launch and landing since STS-4.
Space Shuttle Discovery lifted off from Pad B, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, at 11:37 a.m. EDT on September 29, 1988, 975 days after the Challenger disaster. Launch of America's return-to-flight mission was delayed for 1 hour and 38 minutes because of unseasonable and unusual light winds aloft, and to replace fuses in the cooling systems of two crew members' flight suits. The suits were repaired, and a waiver was issued for the wind conditions after officials determined there was a sufficient safety margin for wind loads on the orbiter wing leading edges. The 26th Shuttle flight was the seventh for Discovery.
The primary payload for the STS-26 mission, a Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS), was successfully deployed, and 11 scheduled middeck scientific and technological experiments were carried out. The orbiter sustained only minor Thermal Protection System tile damage and the redesigned solid rocket boosters showed no signs of leakage or overheating at any of the joints.
Two minor problems occurred during the flight. After ascent, the Flash Evaporator System for cooling the orbiter iced up and shut down, increasing the crew cabin temperature to approximately 87 degrees Fahrenheit. The problem was resolved on Flight Day 4 and cooler temperatures resulted. A Ku-band antenna for communications was successfully deployed on Flight Day 2, but it failed to respond properly and had to be stowed for the remainder of the mission.
Besides conducting the various experiments, crew members practiced suiting up in new partial-pressure, or launch-and-entry, flight suits, and unstowing and attaching the new crew escape system. On Oct. 2, the day before the mission ended, the five-man crew paid a moving tribute to the 51-L Challenger crew.
Discovery landed on Runway 17, Edwards AFB, CA, at 12:37 p.m. EDT on Oct. 3. Mission duration was 4 days and 1 hour. Capsule Communicator Blaine Hammond Jr. welcomed the crew, saying it was "a great ending to a new beginning."
The space shuttle flight STS-27 launched 33.59 months after 2/14/1986. I recognize the date 2/14/1986 as when I was shot down by anti-aircraft fire somewhere in Africa.
From 2/14/1986 to 12/2/1988 is: 33 months, 18 days
30 * 0.59 = 17.7 days
From 2/14/1986 to 12/2/1988 is: 33.59 months
33-59
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-27
Launch: December 2, 1988 Landing: December 6, 1988
STS-27 was a space shuttle mission by NASA using the Space Shuttle Atlantis. It was the 27th shuttle mission, and the 3rd for Atlantis, 2nd after the Challenger disaster. It carried a payload for the U.S. Department of Defense.
The Space Shuttle Atlantis (OV-104), at the time the youngest in NASA's fleet, made its third flight in a classified mission for the Department of Defense (DoD).
3 years, 5.9 months after 2/14/1986 occurred during space shuttle flight STS-28. I recognize the date 2/14/1986 as when I was shot down by anti-aircraft fire somewhere in Africa. I was 28 when I returned on 5/13/1987.
From 2/14/1986 to 8/10/1989 is: 3 years, 5 months, 27 days
27 / 30 = 0.9
From 2/14/1986 to 8/10/1989 is: 3 years, 5.9 months
3-59
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-28
STS-28
Launch: August 8, 1989
Landing: August 13, 1989
Fourth mission dedicated to United States Department of Defense, and first flight of Columbia since mission STS-61-C. Due to the nature of this mission, details are classified. Believed to have deployed two satellites, possibly including one second-generation Satellite Data System relay.
It has been reported that STS-28 also deployed an Advanced KH-11 photo-reconnaissance satellite that used an all-digital imaging system to return pictures. The satellite was placed into a low earth orbit with a high-inclination to the equator to allow coverage of most of the Earth's surface. The KH-11 series is a digital imaging photo- reconnaissance satellite with both visual and infrared sensors.
The pioneering Space Shuttle Orbiter Columbia (OV-102), the first operational reusable spaceship in NASA's fleet, lifted off from Pad 39B, Launch Complex 39, KSC, on 8 August 1989. Liftoff time was 8:37 a.m. EDT. It was the 30th flight of the Space Shuttle, and the first flight of the refurbished Columbia since the 61-C mission on 12 January 1986. Landing was at Edwards AFB, CA, at 9:37 p.m. EDT. The mission lasted for 5 days and 1 hour.
During the flight, the crew shut down a thruster in the reaction control system (RCS) because of indications of a leak. Also, an RCS heater malfunctioned.
Post-flight analysis of STS-28 discovered unusual heating of the thermal protection system (TPS) during re-entry. A detailed report ([1] identified protruding gap filler as the likely cause. This filler material is the same material which was removed during a spacewalk on the STS-114 Return to Flight mission in 2005.
