This Is What I Think.

Monday, August 06, 2007

Apollo 11

"Her mother was named Betty, same as my grandmother."

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

Lilibet is a shortened form of Elizabeth. It is best known as the pet name for Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom


http://www.nndb.com/people/550/000023481/

Phoebe Cates

AKA Phoebe Belle Katz

Father: Joseph Cates
Mother: Lily Cates

Brother: Phillip Cates
Sister: Valerie Cates
Sister: Alexandra Cates



From 3/25/1928 to 3/3/1959 is: 11300 days
From 3/3/1959 to 7/24/1969 is: 3796 days
3796 / 11300 = 0.3359

33-59

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

Captain James 'Jim' Arthur Lovell, Jr., USN (Ret.) (born March 25, 1928) is a former NASA astronaut, most famous as the commander of Apollo 13, which suffered an explosion enroute to the Moon but was brought back safely to Earth by the efforts of the crew and mission control. Lovell was also the command module pilot of Apollo 8, the first Apollo mission to enter lunar orbit. Lovell is a recipient of the Congressional Space Medal of Honor and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.



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

Launch: July 16, 1969
Lunar landing: July 20, 1969
Landing: July 24, 1969

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.

The mission fulfilled President John F. Kennedy's goal of reaching the moon by the end of the 1960s. In a 1961 speech he had proposed - "I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the earth".



From 3/3/1959 to 7/20/1969 (Apollo 11 lunar landing) is: 3792 days
From 7/20/1969 (Apollo 11 lunar landing) to 12/7/1979 is: 3792 days

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079945/

Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

Release Date: 7 December 1979 (USA)

Plot Outline: When a destructive space entity is spotted approaching Earth, Admiral Kirk resumes command of the Starship Enterprise in order to intercept, examine, and hopefully stop it.



Phoebe was 33.34 years old on the premiere date of this television movie.

From 7/16/1963 to 11/17/1996 is: 33 years, 124 days
365 * 0.34 = 124
From 7/16/1963 to 11/17/1996 is: 33.34 years

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115560/

Apollo 11 (1996) (TV)

Release Date: 17 November 1996 (USA)



From 3/4/1959 to 2/11/1989 is: 1 week, 359 months

1-359

http://www.navysite.de/cg/cg59.html

USS Princeton (CG 59)

Commissioned: February 11, 1989



http://www.navysite.de/cg/cg58.html

USS Philippine Sea (CG 58)

Commissioned: March 3, 1989



The precise mid-point of 3/3/1959 and the commissioning of the USS Russell DDG-59 is 4/10/1977. I recognize the date 4/14/1977 as when I returned to Earth after successfully diverting the comet in the outer solar system. I assume the U.S. Navy asked me if I wanted to schedule to commissioning date of the USS Russell DDG-59 and this was the result of my calculations.

http://www.navysite.de/dd/ddg59.htm

USS Russell (DDG 59)

Commissioned: May 20, 1995


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

Formation 1994
Type Association of UK universities
Location United Kingdom


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

The University of Oxford (usually abbreviated as Oxon. for post-nominals), located in the city of Oxford, England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world.[3]

The University of Oxford is a member of the Russell Group of research-led British universities



This ship was commissioned on a Saturday as are all of those Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates I have examined. That commissioning date is as close as it could get to a day when I was 335.9 months old. It is only off by 2 days, which is within the day-of-week scheduling constraint.

From 3/3/1959 to 3/2/1987 is: 335 months, 27 days
27 / 30 = 0.9
From 3/3/1959 to 3/2/1987 is: 335.9 months

From 2/28/1987 (Saturday) to 3/2/1987 (Monday) is: 2 days

http://www.navysite.de/ffg/FFG59.HTM

USS Kauffman (FFG 59)

Commissioned: February 28, 1987



This ship was commissioned on a date that was 15 years, 9 months, 3 weeks, 4 days, after 4/14/1981. The date 4/14/1981 is when the space shuttle landed after its first launch into Earth's orbit and I believe I save the shuttle from crashing that day by repairing the landing gear at the last moment.

From 4/14/1981 to 2/8/1987 is: 15 years, 9 months, 3 weeks, 4 days

1-59-34

http://www.navysite.de/ships/mhc59.htm

USS Falcon (MHC 59)

USS FALCON was the 9th ship in the OSPREY - class of coastal mine hunters.

Commissioned: February 8, 1997
Decommissioned: June 30, 2006



The commissioning date of the USS Cole DDG-67 suggests to me that I scheduled the commissioning date to represent the date 6/7/1976, which I recognize as when I landed on the Saturn moon Phoebe.

That day-of-week scheduling constraint means you could be off by as much as 6 days from the target date.

From 3/3/1959 to 6/8/1996 (Saturday) is: 13612 days
13612 * 0.3459 = 4708
From 7/16/1963 to 6/7/1976 is: 4710 days

http://www.navysite.de/dd/ddg67.htm

USS Cole (DDG 67)

Commissioned: June 8, 1996