I have been thinking for a while that San Francisco, California, was chosen as the location of the fictional "Starfleet HQ" in the "Star Trek" franchise because it was also the setting for Clint Eastwood's "Inspector Harry Callahan" character. That detail about "Starfleet HQ" was not established until the 1979 "Star Trek: The Motion Picture," according to information on the internet.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000142/
Clint Eastwood
Dirty Harry (1971) .... Insp. Harry Callahan
Magnum Force (1973) .... Insp. 'Dirty' Harry Callahan
The Enforcer (1976/I) .... Insp. 'Dirty' Harry Callahan
Sudden Impact (1983) .... Harry Callahan
Pale Rider (1985) .... Preacher
Heartbreak Ridge (1986) .... Gunnery Sgt. Tom 'Gunny' Highway
The Dead Pool (1988) .... Insp. 'Dirty' Harry Callahan
Space Cowboys (2000) .... Frank Corvin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starfleet_Command
In the fictional world of Star Trek, Starfleet Command is the headquarters of Starfleet, the directorate of exploration and defense for the United Federation of Planets. The term "Starfleet Command" was first used in the original Star Trek episode titled "Court Martial". Its headquarters were depicted as being in San Francisco USA in Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
From 7/16/1970 to 12/25/1973 is: 3 years, 5 months, 9 days
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070355/
Magnum Force (1973)
Release Date:
25 December 1973 (USA)
There was something else I have thought about from that 1979 movie after I recently watched it on DVD, which I am certain was the first time I had seen it in the past 10 years, but I remembered the movie very well. As the "Starship Enterprise" was leaving the Earth to intercept the "V'Ger" space ship, as "Captain Kirk" orders "departure angle on viewer" and it looked to me they were either going straight up from the Earth's north pole or straight down from the south pole. The reason I thought about that was because of the nature of the sunlight reflecting off the Earth. In their viewscreen, about half of the top of the Earth is reflecting sunlight and I think that if they had been traveling along the ecliptic plane, then the reflecting sunlight would have been on the side of the Earth, assuming they were traveling perpendicular to the Earth and Sun. If they had left orbit along the ecliptic plane and from behind the Earth, relative to the Sun, then they would not have seen any sunlight reflecting from the Earth. If they had left the Earth along the ecliptic and traveled directly towards the Sun, then the Earth would have been fully illuminated by sunlight.
As I have pondered that detail since then, thoughts occurred to me that I probably would have made a similar manuever in my Project Orion space ship as I was leaving Earth in 1975 on my mission to divert the comet. The reason could be because the Project Orion ship is propelled, similar to something out of a "Road Runner" cartoon and something from the "Acme" company in those stories, by detonating nuclear bombs at the stern of the ship. The explosions are precisely timed so that the blast hits a large metal plate on the stern of the ship, which then kicks the ship away from the blast and away from the radiation. The problem is that the radiation and associated effects will still be in the area of the detonation. Space is full of solar radiation as it is, so it is nothing new to space, just in terms of danger to organic life. However, that radiation from that Project Orion pulse propulsion would be different if it drifted to the surface of any planet or moon, leaving the surfaces contaminated. Or so I assume.
That radiation from the Project Orion ship has to go somewhere and indeed the solar wind will be pushing it away from the Sun and out into the solar system. That means if I traveled in a straight line from all those nuclear explosions in my wake, then the solar wind would push all that radiation back to where ever I am traveling to. So I must have traveled well above or below the ecliptic plane to keep that from happening. Essentially, I was leap-frogging my way out into the solar system.
If I understand correctly the nature of the solar wind, then it does not travely solely along the ecliptic plane. Rather, it radiates outward in all directions from the Sun, which means if I was above the ecliptic, then the solar wind would be hitting me from an angle from below me and thus causing the radiation from my Project Orion ship to travel up and out from the ecliptic plane, and the planets orbiting the Sun. And I would be coasting, probably, for half the distance between the planets, I guess, I'm not really sure how far I would have used the pulse drive, but I am certain I would have had to coast into the planets so that means I would not have engaged the nuclear pulse drive as I got near to the planet. My ship was probably large enough that I was able to carry with me a lot of conventional fuel. If what I read on the internet is accurate, then those Project Orion ships were actually more efficient if they had more mass, meaning a larger ship was better than a smaller ship, which is the opposite of the conventional space craft, such as used by NASA today.
All of the conventional space craft we launch will, I assume, travel along the ecliptic plane for several reasons. One is because the shortest distance is a straight line. Another reason might be something I read about space being launched from near the equator because that gives the ship more momentum going away from the Earth. If I have this figured out right, then we are all traveling at 1000 miles per hour while on the surface or the atmosphere, which itself is similar to a blanket. The Project Orion space ship would have enough power, or "power to spare," which is featured prominently in my artificial and symbolic memory, to have to rely on this type of planetary transfer, but I'm not sure. I think these are all important details, but I find it hard to concentrate at a certain point as I am reading about it, such as now as I am writing about this. I want to read more about it, but something makes it hard for me to concentrate and I find that interesting. I have described the sensation before as trying to kick down the door to a room with no walls.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hohmann_transfer_orbit
In astronautics and aerospace engineering, the Hohmann transfer orbit is an orbital maneuver that, under standard assumption, moves a spacecraft from one circular orbit to another using two engine impulses. This maneuver was named after Walter Hohmann, the German scientist who published it in 1925. (See also interplanetary travel.)
Application to interplanetary travel
When used to move a spacecraft from orbiting one planet to orbiting another, the situation becomes somewhat more complex. For example, consider a spacecraft travelling from the Earth to Mars. At the beginning of its journey, the spacecraft will already have a certain velocity associated with its orbit around Earth – this is velocity that will not need to be found when the spacecraft enters the transfer orbit (around the Sun). At the other end, the spacecraft will need a certain velocity to orbit Mars, which will actually be less than the velocity needed to continue orbiting the Sun in the transfer orbit, let alone attempting to orbit the Sun in an Mars-like orbit. Therefore, the spacecraft will have to decelerate and allow Mars' gravity to capture it. Therefore, relatively small amounts of thrust at either end of the trip are all that are needed to arrange the transfer. Note, however, that the alignment of the two planets in their orbits is crucial – the destination planet and the spacecraft must arrive at the same point in their respective orbits around the Sun at the same time, see launch window.
A Hohmann transfer orbit will take a spacecraft from low Earth orbit (LEO) to geosynchronous orbit (GEO) in just over five hours (geostationary transfer orbit), from LEO to the Moon in about 5 days and from the Earth to Mars in about 260 days. However, Hohmann transfers are very slow for trips to more distant points, so when visiting the outer planets it is common to use a gravitational slingshot to increase speed in-flight.
http://www.tv.com/adam-12/show/975/episode_guide.html?season=2&tag=season_nav;next
29. Log 52 -- Good Cop: Handle with Care
First aired: 10/4/1969
A pair of freelance reporters are determined to do a story on police brutality, and harass Reed and Malloy as their marks. The officers warn them to cease their behavior, but, they don't, and end up causing a tragedy.
Writer: Preston Wood
Director: Robert Douglas
Guest star: Margarita Cordova (Mrs. Sanchez)
I recognize 9/2/1965 as my first day at Princeton University. I have been thinking also that when Phoebe turned 7 years old on 7/16/1970, I selected her as my future wife, as part of the marriage arrangement process I have been thinking about. If I have this figured out correctly, then it was about me selecting my future wife, who would become a princess in the British royality. I have been wondering, though, if she was already part of a royal house, probably in Japan. I'm not sure if she knew that, though. When I think on this track, I think also of that plot element to "Blade Runner" where I think it was "Decker" that was wondering if "Rachel" knew she was a replicant.
I assume I had creative input into the "Adam-12" television series and this episode represents certain details relevant to Phoebe and me.
From 7/16/1963 to 11/8/1969 is: 2 days, 3 weeks, 75 months
2-3-7-5
From 3/3/1959 to 9/2/1965 is: 2375 days
2-3-7-5
http://www.tv.com/adam-12/show/975/episode_guide.html?season=2&tag=season_nav;next
33. Log 63 -- Baby
First aired: 11/8/1969
Officer Malloy asks the new girl in the office out on a date.
Writer: Guerdon Trueblood
Director: Joseph Pevney
Guest star: Michael Freeman (Ernie)
I think this is the one I was thinking of earlier - where he is trapped in his wrecked patrol car and uses Morse code, or something, over his patrol car radio to get help. I can still visualize certain scenes from that episode, which is a strange feeling. I also ponder over the plot element of him being lost in that park and I ponder more over why I puzzle over that detail. Every time I think of this episode, I wonder what it is about that park.
http://www.tv.com/adam-12/show/975/episode_guide.html?season=4&tag=season_nav;next
83. The Search
First aired: 10/20/1971
Malloy disappears in the wilderness of Griffith Park while chasing a robbery suspect, causing a massive search for the officer.
Guest star: William Boyett (Sgt. MacDonald)
I was 7440 days old on Phoebe's 16th birthday, where "Pete Malloy" badge number in "Adam-12" was 744. Not sure when that was established in the series. It could have been part of the opening sequence of that first episode in September 1968, but I do not know.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam-12
Adam-12 was a television program which ran from 1968 until 1975 on NBC. The program concentrated on the daily activities of a pair of Los Angeles police officers, veteran Pete Malloy (Martin Milner) and rookie Jim Reed (Kent McCord), and to a lesser extent Sergeant William "Mac" MacDonald (William Boyett). The show was produced by Jack Webb, who also was behind Dragnet and Emergency!. The series was nominally considered a spin-off of Webb's Dragnet 1967, and the Reed and Malloy characters appeared on episodes of the parent program.
The police radio used (the Motorola Motrac/Motran series) is an actual radio used by the LAPD in the 1960s and 1970s, with the call sign KMA-367. Dragnet 1967/1970 also used this same radio. The dispatcher was also a real-life LAPD dispatcher, Shaaron Claridge. Claridge's typical page to Reed and Malloy of "One-Adam-12, One-Adam-12, see the [man/lady/victim] at [address] about a [crime/incident]," along with the response of "One-Adam-12, Roger," became a catch phrase ingrained in American culture, and these same radio procedures are still in use at the LAPD today. Badges used on the show were actual LAPD shields -- LAPD Badge numbers 744 for Malloy and 2430 for Reed -- which were lent (with technical assistance supported by the Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners) by the Office of the Chief of Police, a practice that began when Dragnet was on television in the 1950s and 1960s.
From 5/28/1982 to 9/26/1982 is: 121 days
365 * 0.334 = 121 days
3-3-4
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight_rider
Knight Rider was a popular American television series that ran between September 26, 1982, and August 8, 1986.
In the pilot episode, police officer Michael Arthur Long (played by Larry Anderson) was betrayed and nearly killed by a gunshot wound to the head by an industrial espionage expert named Tanya Walker (Phyllis Davis). A metal plate in Long's skull, the result of a head injury sustained during the Vietnam War, deflected the round, which still inflicted serious facial damage.
Declared dead to the public, his medical care was taken over by the Foundation for Law And Government (FLAG). This part of the story is shown in the pilot, titled "Knight of the Phoenix" in syndication. The symbolism in this title is related to Michael's car, a Pontiac Firebird Trans Am, the likes of which usually featured a giant decal on the hood depicting the fire bird (the Phoenix). The phoenix traditionally is symbolic of rebirth, and the scene of Long collapsing on the hood foreshadows later events.
FLAG is a private crime-fighting arm of the Knight Foundation, an organization founded by a billionaire philanthropist Wilton Knight. In the context of the pilot, Wilton Knight (Richard Basehart) is dying of an undisclosed illness. Given a new face via facial reconstructive surgery, Long is resurrected as Michael Knight. Together with a high-tech automobile called the Knight Industries Two Thousand (KITT), Michael Knight agrees to carry on Wilton Knight's crusade of aiding the powerless. He usually was given mission objectives by the new director of FLAG, Wilton Knight's longtime friend and confidant, Devon Miles (Edward Mulhare). Michael was selected for his high level of self-defense training, intelligence, law enforcement experience, and his ability and preference to work alone without assistance or back-up.
Michael Knight was a special type of hero, a modern knight who avoided violence whenever possible and generally refrained from using firearms. Although most of Knight's cases were based in Southern California where FLAG was headquartered, the operation was not confined there. He could travel to whatever part of the country where trouble arose; sometimes even crossing borders into Mexico. FLAG also had facilities in Las Vegas and Chicago. FLAG's legal jurisdiction, however, was within the boundaries of the United States. The organization also owned an 18-wheeler that served as a mobile office and also offered technical support for KITT.
From 11/27/1954 to 4/14/1977 is: 8174 days
From 3/3/1959 to 7/19/1981 is: 8174 days
From 7/16/1963 to 7/19/1981 is: 18 years, 3 days
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_McPherson
Patricia McPherson (Born November 27, 1954 in Oak Harbor, Washington, USA) is an American actress. She is well known for her role in the 1980s hit TV series Knight Rider as Bonnie Barstow, KITT's mechanic from 1982-1983. She was subsequently asked to return to the show, which she did in the season-three opener, remaining until the end of the series (from 1984-1986).
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0574253/
Patricia McPherson
Date of Birth: 27 November 1954
"Knight Rider" .... Bonnie Barstow (54 episodes, 1982-1986)
From 7/17/1952 to 3/4/1959 is: 345 weeks, 6 days
7 * 0.9 = 6.3 days
From 7/17/1952 to 3/4/1959 is: 345.9 weeks
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http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001327/
David Hasselhoff
Date of Birth: 17 July 1952
"Knight Rider" .... Michael Knight / ... (90 episodes, 1982-1986)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felicia
The name Felicia (a Latin female version of "Felix", meaning happiness) is associated with saints, poets, astronomical objects, plant genera, fictional characters, and animals, especially cats.
