This description of the engine problem is actually the detail I was thinking about earlier and that I thought this had happened with space shuttle flight STS-82. It reminded me of when U.S. Navy Lt. Lassen almost ran out of fuel in his helicopter on 6/19/1968, which is the day he earned the Medal of Honor, according to information I found on the internet. I decided this flight might connect with that day because I was 9.295 years old on 6/19/1968. This seems to be a piece to a larger puzzle connecting me with 6/19/1968.
The clues I have found are STS-93, STS-82, USS Lassen DDG-82, when compared with my age of 9.3 on 6/19/1968, my 1982 graduation from the U.S. Naval Academy, and 6/28/1998.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-93
STS-93 marked the 95th launch of the Space Shuttle, the 26th launch of Columbia, and the 21st night launch of a Space Shuttle. It had the first female Shuttle Commander. Its primary payload was the Chandra X-ray Observatory. It would also be the last mission of Columbia until March 2002. During the interim, Columbia would be out of service for upgrading, and would not fly again until STS-109.
Five seconds after liftoff, an electrical short knocked out controllers for two main engines. The engines automatically switched to their backup controllers. Had a further short shut down two engines, the orbiter would have ditched into the ocean, although the crew could have possibly bailed out. Concurrently a pin came loose inside one engine and ruptured a cooling line, allowing a hydrogen fuel leak. This caused premature fuel exhaustion, but the vehicle safely achieved a slightly lower orbit. Had the failure propagated further, a risky transatlantic or RTLS abort would have been required.
From 7/24/1969 to 7/23/1999 is: 359 months, 4 weeks, 1 day
359-41
The launch date of STS-93 was 359 months, 4 weeks, 1 day, after 7/24/1969. The flight Apollo 11 returned to Earth on 7/24/1969 after the first landing of humans on the Earth's moon.
If the objective was to select a pilot for space shuttle flight STS-93 to connect me with 6/19/1968, then this calculation is only off by 3 days. This result seems more likely than would a lot of calculations that have perfect results. The reason it would be so hard to get perfect matches is that you have to find people that have to necessary skills, in the first place, to do the job, and the job in this case is the pilot of the space shuttle. This was his first space shuttle flight so that would add weight to the possibility he was assigned specifically to connect me with 6/19/1968.
From 6/16/1954 to 6/19/1968 is: 5117 days
5117 * 0.3359 = 1718
From 6/16/1954 to 3/3/1959 is: 1721 days
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Ashby
Jeffrey Shears "Bones" Ashby (born June 16, 1954) is a former American naval aviator and astronaut, a veteran of three space shuttle missions. He is a retired Captain in the U.S. Navy
Missions
STS-93, STS-100, STS-112
Her first shuttle flight was as the pilot of space shuttle flight STS-63. I was 35.9 years old when STS-63 launched. The flight STS-93 was her 3rd and her first as commander of the space shuttle.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eileen_Collins
Eileen Marie Collins (b. 19 November 1956 in Elmira, New York) is an American astronaut and a retired U.S. Air Force Colonel. A former military instructor and test pilot, Collins was the first female pilot and first female commander of a Space Shuttle.
With this astronaut on space shuttle flight STS-82, I see a connection to me and 9/2/1965. I recognize the date 9/2/1965 as my first day at Princeton University. That would be a relevant clue to this flight because my thoughts suggest I graduated, along with graduating Princeton and Oxford earlier, from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1982. I recognize the date 5/28/1982 as the official graduation date of the U.S. Naval Academy Class of 1982 while I graduated on 4/30/1982.
The number of days from 4/15/1956 to 5/28/1982 was 9539.
From 4/15/1956 to 9/2/1965 was 3427 days.
Dividing 3427 by 9539 equals 0.359
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_J._Harbaugh
Gregory Jordan Harbaugh is a former NASA astronaut.
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Harbaugh was born April 15, 1956
Missions
STS-39, STS-54, STS-71, STS-82
There was no STS-13, because they were using a different designation process back then. The 13th flight, though, was STS-41-G. I started to examine that space shuttle flight because I was 13 years old on 4/10/1972, when Thomas Norris earned his Medal of Honor, which was presented to him by President Ford on 3/4/1976. The pilot of STS-41-G was 343 months, 3 weeks, 6 days, old on 4/10/1972, which seems to be a 34-33 clue. That was his only space shuttle flight.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-41-G
STS 41-G marked the 13th flight of a Space Shuttle and the sixth flight of the Challenger.
Crew
(total flights to date in parentheses)
Robert L. Crippen (4), Commander
Jon A. McBride (1), Pilot
Kathryn D. Sullivan (1), Mission Specialist 1
From 8/14/1943 to 4/10/1972 is: 343 months, 3 weeks, 6 days
34-33
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/mcbride-ja.html
NAME: Jon A. McBride (Captain, USN, Ret.)
NASA Astronaut (former)
PERSONAL DATA: Born August 14, 1943
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Norris
Thomas R. Norris, USN (Retired) (born 14 January 1944) is a retired a U.S. Navy SEAL awarded the Medal of Honor for his ground rescue of two downed pilots in Quang Tri Province, Vietnam on April 10-April 13, 1972. At the time of the action, Lieutenant Norris was a SEAL Advisor with the Strategic Technical Directorate Assistance Team.
Norris was one of three SEALS to be awarded the Medal of Honor for actions during the Vietnam War.
In April 1972, Norris and a Navy SEAL team effected the rescue of two downed pilots in enemy territory. For this action, he was awarded the Medal of Honor.
The 13th space shuttle flight, STS-41-G, was also this astronauts first flight on the space shuttle. I assume this selection was made to point to when I was 13 years old and when U.S. Navy Lieutenant Thomas R. Norris earned the Medal of Honor. If this astronaut was scheduled for this space shuttle flight for this reason, then the connection is off by only 18 days. which is pretty damn good with everything considered.
From 10/3/1951 to 4/10/1972 is: 7495 days
7495 * 0.359 = 2690 days
From 10/3/1951 to 3/3/1959 is: 2708 days
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathryn_D._Sullivan
Kathryn Dwyer Sullivan, Ph.D. (born October 3, 1951 in Paterson, New Jersey) became the first American woman to walk in space when she performed an EVA during Space Shuttle Challenger mission STS-41-G on 1984 October 11. She flew on three space shuttle missions and logged 532 hours in space.
They call this guy "Ray" in "Mission To Mars." He was 2359 weeks old on 3/3/1976. As I watching this movie again this morning, I noted he was called "Ray" by Cheadle, who was on Mars and he was singing a birthday greeting to another character. I recognize the date 1/21/1976 as when I first landed on the planet Mars and 1/23/1976 as when I left Mars for Saturn. I am quite certain I went to see this movie in the theatre when it premiered in 2000.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000090/
Armin Mueller-Stahl
Date of Birth: 17 December 1930
Mission to Mars (2000) (uncredited) .... Ramier Beck
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088247/quotes
Memorable quotes for
The Terminator (1984)
Nancy: Look at it this way: in a hundred years, who's gonna care?
