Sunday, June 03, 2007

Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

This calculation puts the Apollo 11 landing on the Earth's moon at precisely the mid-point of my birthday and the premiere of the first "Star Trek" movie.

From 3/3/1959 to 7/20/1969 is: 3792 days
From 7/20/1969 to 12/7/1979 is: 3792 days

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Motion_Picture

Release date(s) December 7, 1979

Star Trek: The Motion Picture (Paramount Pictures, 1979) is the first feature film based on the science fiction television show, Star Trek. It is often referred to as ST:TMP or TMP.

The third science fiction film directed by multiple Academy-Award-winning director (and editor of Citizen Kane) Robert Wise, Star Trek: The Motion Picture revitalised the Star Trek franchise, spawning nine motion picture sequels.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11

The Apollo 11 mission was the first manned mission to land on the Moon. It was the fifth human spaceflight of the Apollo programs, and the third human voyage to the moon. Launched on July 16, 1969, it carried Commander Neil Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin. On July 20, Armstrong and Aldrin became the first humans to land on the Moon, while Collins orbited above.
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At 2:56 UTC on July 21, Armstrong made his descent to the Moon's surface and spoke his famous line "That's one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind" exactly six and a half hours after landing.[1] Aldrin joined him, saying, "Beautiful. Beautiful. Magnificent desolation." Then for two-and-a-half hours, they took notes, photographed what they saw, and drilled core samples


As with my 33-34 artistic device for my birthday, some articles note that the Apollo 11 astronauts walked on the Earth's moon on 7/20/1969, while others note it as 7/21/1969. I generally use 7/21/1969, which was UTC. In terms of Eastern Time, it is known publicly that Neil Armstrong stepped on the surface on the Moon at just about 11 PM on 7/20/1969.

Using that Eastern Time as the basis, I calculate that Neil Armstrong stepped onto the Earth's moon at a point 139.9583333 days after my 10th birthday of 3/3/1969.

From 3/3/1969 to 7/20/1969 is: 139 days

11 PM is the 23rd hour of the day so 23 hours divided by 24 hours equals 0.958333

The period of 139.9583333 days is 3,359 hours

So by my calculations, I was 10 years, 3359 hours old at the time known as when Neil Armstrong stepped onto the Earth's moon. I believe that detail was created because I was actually the first human to step onto the Earth's moon. I was only 10 years old at the time, so technically, Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the Moon.