From 3/3/1959 to 11/28/1983 is: 9036 days
9036 * 0.3368 = 3043
From 3/3/1968 to 7/2/1976 is: 3043 days
From 3/3/1959 to 3/3/1968 is: 9.0 years
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-9
Launch: November 28, 1983
Landing: December 8, 1983
STS-9 (also known as STS-41A) (Spacelab 1) was a United States Space Shuttle mission, the 6th mission of the Columbia orbiter. It was Columbia's last flight until early January of 1986 STS-61C. It was also the last time the old Space Transportation System numbering was used until STS-26 (after STS-51-L, the mission which the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster happened).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hue_City
Date January 30, 1968 - March 3, 1968
Location Hue, South Vietnam
The Battle of Hue, 1968, was one of the bloodiest and longest battles of the Vietnam War (1954-1975).
The South Vietnamese Army and three understrength U.S. Marine battalions, consisting of fewer than 2,500 men, attacked and defeated more than 10,000 entrenched North Vietnamese and Viet Cong soldiers, taking the city of Hu? (pop. 140,000) for South Vietnam.
With the beginning of the Tet Offensive on January 30, 1968, the Vietnamese lunar New Year, American forces had been committed to combat upon Vietnamese soil for almost three years. Highway One passed through Hué and over the Perfume River (the river ran through the city dividing it into both northern and southern areas) creating an important supply line from the coastal city of Da Nang to the DMZ for the Allied forces. Hué was also a base for United States Navy supply boats. The city, considering its value and its distance from the DMZ (only 50 miles), should have therefore been well-defended, fortified, and prepared for the Communist offensive. But it was actually poorly defended and unprepared for the twenty-six-day battle that was fought throughout its buildings and streets because the Allied forces expected that the North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong would respect the Tet truce and, because Hué had never suffered any major attack before, they thought the city was safe.
During the Tet, which is an important holiday celebrated in Vietnam, the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese Army launched a massive assault on South Vietnam, attacking hundreds of military targets and population centers across the country, among them the city of Hué. The Tet Offensive began on January 31, 1968.
From 3/3/1968 to 4/17/1998 is: 11002 days
11002 * 0.333 = 3663
From 3/3/1959 to 3/13/1969 is: 3663 days
From 3/3/1959 to 3/3/1968 is: 9.0 years
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_9
Launch: March 3, 1969
Landing: March 13, 1969
Apollo 9 was the third manned mission in the Apollo program, a ten day Earth-orbital mission launched 3 March 1969. It was the second manned flight of the Saturn V launch vehicle and the first manned flight of the Apollo Lunar Module (LM).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-90
Launch: April 17, 1998
STS-90 is a mission of the United States Space Shuttle.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hue_City
Date January 30, 1968 - March 3, 1968
Location Hue, South Vietnam
The Battle of Hue, 1968, was one of the bloodiest and longest battles of the Vietnam War (1954-1975).
I was especially amused by the scene in this "Futurama" episode where the spaceship opens and the "Nibbler" character seems to cringe in fear as the animated characters of the Harlem Globetrotters stepped out. I find that amusing for more reasons than I can explain. I think it is some kind of inside joke stemming from me playing basketball with the Globetrotters at some point that I cannot consciously remember. It could be that I was trained to play basketball by the Harlem Globetrotter's during my time at Princeton University.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0584462/
"Futurama"
Time Keeps on Slipping (2001)
Original Air Date: 1 May 2001
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0584462/quotes
Memorable quotes for
"Futurama"
Time Keeps on Slipping (2001)
Professor Hubert Farnsworth: I knew I should have checked that showboating Globetrotter algebra.
Ethan "Bubblegum "Tate: I thought you knew that algebra was all razzamatazz. A Globetrotter always saves the good algebra for the final minutes.
