This would have been the month after I returned to Earth after surviving my mission to divert the comet. The date 12/19/1972 is when Apollo 17 returned from the last flight to the Earth's moon.
From 7/16/1963 to 5/3/1977 is: 5040 days
From 3/3/1959 to 12/19/1972 (Apollo 17 return) is: 5040 days
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977
May 3 - HMS Invincible is launched at Barrow-in-Furness by Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.
From 6/7/1976 (Saturn moon Phoebe) to 7/11/1980 is: 4 years, 1 month, 4 days
41-4
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Invincible_%28R05%29
Commissioned: 11 July 1980
HMS Invincible (R05) is a light aircraft carrier, the lead ship of three in her class.
From 4/30/1982 (USNA82) to 12/17/1985 is: 3 years, 33 weeks
3-3-3
From 3/3/1959 to 4/14/1983 is: 8808 days
From 12/24/1968 (Apollo 8) to 4/14/1983 is: 5224 days
5224 / 8808 = 0.593
59-3
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Edinburgh_%28D97%29
HMS Edinburgh (D97) is a Type 42 (Batch 3) destroyer of the Royal Navy. Edinburgh was built by Cammell Laird of Birkenhead. She was launched on the on 14 April 1983 and commissioned on the 17 December 1985.
From 3/4/1976 (17th birthday) to 7/28/1976 (HMS Arrow) is: 3 days, 3 weeks, 4 months
3-3-4
From 3/4/1959 to 7/2/1976 (comet) is: 17.3 years
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Arrow_%28F173%29
Commissioned: 28 July 1976
HMS Arrow (F173) was a Type 21 frigate of the Royal Navy. She was completed with Exocet launchers in 'B' position.
Arrow participated in the Falklands War, where on 4 May 1982 she assisted in extinguishing the fires and evacuating the crew of the Type 42 destroyer Sheffield, which had been struck by an Exocet missile. Arrow also helped extinguish the fires on the Whitby-class frigate Plymouth, on 8 June 1982.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrow
An arrow is a pointed projectile that is shot with a bow. It predates recorded history and is common to most cultures.
