Thursday, March 06, 2008

"From the Earth to the Moon" (1998)





http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120570/quotes

Memorable quotes for

"From the Earth to the Moon" (1998) (mini)


James Webb: Surely the President realizes that the moment a man steps foot on the moon will be a definitive one in the history of the world.





Frank Borman: Hey Neil, think John Glenn will be satisfied with just President?

Neil Armstrong: Glenn for President, huh? Well, that'd depend. Who'd be running for King?










From 1/21/1976 ( my first landing on the planet Mars ) to 7/21/1987 ( formal wedding for my wife Phoebe and me ) is: 4199 days

From 7/21/1987 ( formal wedding for my wife Phoebe and me ) to 1/18/1999 ( filming begins 2000 movie "Cast Away" ) is: 4199 days


http://www.inbaseline.com/project.aspx?project_id=25390

Cast Away (2000)

Completed shooting May 7, 2000.

Began shooting January 18, 1999.










From 9/2/1965 ( my first day as student at Princeton University ) to 2/24/2001 ( premiere Japan movie "Cast Away" )(Saturday) is: 12959 days

12959 = 1 + 6479 + 6479

From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 11/28/1976 ( I launched from the Jupiter moon Callisto for Earth ) is: 6479 days


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0162222/releaseinfo

Release dates for

Cast Away (2000)

Japan 24 February 2001










From 6/7/1976 ( my first landing Saturn moon Phoebe ) to 1/12/2001 ( premiere US movie "Cast Away" )(Friday) is: 8985 days

8985 = 1 + 4492 + 4492

From 7/16/1963 ( my wife ) to 11/2/1975 ( I launch from Earth by myself to intercept the comet in the outer solar system ) is: 4492 days


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0162222/releaseinfo

Release dates for

Cast Away (2000)

UK 12 January 2001










He started to open the packages because he would have died otherwise. Criminal intent against me, an active duty U.S. Navy Admiral, and prospective U.S. Navy Fleet Admiral, by those perpetrators I have named, has been clearly established and all those involved, directly or indirectly, in the criminal conspiracy to hijack my true identity are subject to the same penalties.



I am following strict orders and I have a dangerous occupation.



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

Cast Away is a 2000 film by 20th Century Fox and DreamWorks about a FedEx employee who is stranded on an uninhabited island after his plane goes down over the South Pacific. It is unusual in Hollywood cinema in that during most of the movie there is only one human character.



After many days, perhaps weeks, have passed, Chuck begins to open the packages. He finds videocassettes, divorce papers, ice skates, a dress, and a volleyball. With this random assortment of items, Chuck begins to improvise tools. One item which he uses in many different ways is the pair of ice-skates which he uses as a tree-cutter to craft spears. Chuck uses the dress as a net to fish with. And the papers and cardboard become bed liners.

One of the FedEx packages bears the distinctive angels' wings custom logo observed in the first scene. It is the package the artist mentioned she would be sending on the following Thursday. For some reason, this is the only package Chuck does not open. One can surmise that not opening this package, again is an attempt to connect with his "pre-castaway" life; seeing that package is a connection to his profession, to events just prior to the fateful trip which landed him in this lonely situation.










From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 6/16/1997 ( filming begins 1998 movie "Deep Impact" ) is 13 days, 459 months

'1-34-59' ( my birth date UK )


http://www.inbaseline.com/project.aspx?project_id=26047

Deep Impact (1998)

Completed shooting October 24, 1997.

Began shooting June 16, 1997.










From 6/7/1976 ( my first landing Saturn moon Phoebe ) to 10/20/1998 ( Released in USA on video "Deep Impact" ) is: 8170 days

From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 7/16/1981 ( my wife ) is: 8170 days


http://www.inbaseline.com/project.aspx?project_id=26047

Deep Impact (1998)

Released in USA on video October 20, 1998.










From 5/1/1973 ( my graduation from University of Oxford includes law degree ) to 5/15/1998 ( premiere UK movie "Deep Impact" )(Friday) is: 9145 days

9145 = 1 + 4572 + 4572

From 7/16/1963 ( my wife ) to 1/21/1976 ( my first landing on the planet Mars ) is: 4572 days





From 7/21/1979 ( my wife and I are married ) to 5/15/1998 ( premiere UK movie "Deep Impact" ) is: 6873 days

6873 = 1 + 3436 + 3436

From 7/16/1963 ( my wife ) to 12/11/1972 ( Apollo 17 lunar landing and I was one of the Apollo 17 astronauts walking on the Earth's moon ) is: 3436 days


http://imdb.com/title/tt0120647/releaseinfo

Release dates for

Deep Impact (1998)

UK 15 May 1998










http://www.inbaseline.com/project.aspx?project_id=26047

Deep Impact (1998)

U.S. Box Office: $140,424,703


MSNBC reporter Jenny Lerner, while investigating a high-level scandal in Washington, stumbles upon the story that a comet is on a collision course with Earth. A year earlier, amateur teenage astronomer Leo Biederman discovered a new comet that is the one now certified to hit within the year. US President Beck announces to the world that a spaceship called the Messiah will blast off in two months to plant nuclear bombs in the comet in hope of blowing it to bits. This plan fails, splitting the comet into two sections. The smaller will hit off the east coast creating a tital wave that will destroy New York and Washinton while the larger portion will land in Canada causing an ELE, or Extinction Level Event, complete with Earth-enshrouding clouds of dust that will wipe out all life. Declaring martial law, President Beck reveals that a network of caves is being built to accommodate 1 million Americans, most to be chosen by a national lottery.










http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=deepimpact.htm

DEEP IMPACT

Release Date: May 8, 1998

TOTAL LIFETIME GROSSES

Domestic: $140,464,664 40.2%
+ Foreign: $209,000,000 59.8%

= Worldwide: $349,464,664





http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=armageddon.htm

ARMAGEDDON

Release Date: July 1, 1998

TOTAL LIFETIME GROSSES

Domestic: $201,578,182 36.4%
+ Foreign: $352,131,606 63.6%

= Worldwide: $553,709,788





http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=independenceday.htm

INDEPENDENCE DAY

Release Date: July 3, 1996

TOTAL LIFETIME GROSSES

Domestic: $306,169,268 37.5%
+ Foreign: $510,800,000 62.5%

= Worldwide: $816,969,268










http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0348150/quotes

Memorable quotes for

Superman Returns (2006)


Lex Luthor: Do you know the story of Prometheus? No, of course you don't. Prometheus was a god who stole the power of fire from the other gods and gave control of it to the mortals. In essence, he gave us technology, he gave us power.

Kitty Kowalski: So we're stealing fire? In the Arctic?

Lex Luthor: Actually, sort of. You see whoever controls technology controls the world. The Roman empire ruled the world because they built roads. The British empire ruled the world because they built ships. America; the atom bomb. And so on and so forth. I just want what Prometheus wanted.

Kitty Kowalski: Sounds great Lex, but you're not a god.

Lex Luthor: [fixes Kitty with an icy stare] Gods are selfish beings who fly around in little red capes and don't share their power with mankind. No, I don't want to be a *god*. I just want to bring fire to the people. And... I want my cut.










From 9/2/1965 ( my first day as student at Princeton University where I earned degree as medical doctor ) to 1/28/1981 ( my son Elijah Wood ) is: 5627 days

5627 = 1 + 2813 + 2813

From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 11/15/1966 ( Gemini 12 splashdown and I was onboard that Gemini 12 spacecraft ) is: 2813 days





From 5/1/1967 ( my first flight by myself as jet pilot ) to 1/28/1981 ( my son Elijah Wood ) is: 5021 days

From 7/16/1963 ( my wife ) to 4/14/1977 ( I return to Earth after I successfully diverted the comet in the outer solar system ) is: 5021 days





From 10/11/1968 ( Apollo 7 launches into Earth orbit and I was onboard that Apollo 7 spacecraft ) to 1/28/1981 ( my son Elijah Wood ) is: 4492 days

From 7/16/1963 ( my wife ) to 11/2/1975 ( I launched from Earth by myself to intercept the comet in the outer solar system ) is: 4492 days



http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000704/

Elijah Wood
Date of Birth: 28 January 1981
Deep Impact (1998) .... Leo Beiderman










http://www.cswap.com/1998/Deep_Impact/cap/en/2_Parts/b/00_23

Deep Impact


:23:22
I have to go back
for Sarah.

:23:23
Leo--

:23:24
Mom, I'm going.

:23:31
Don, what are you
doing?

:23:33
Giving him something to trade,
that's what I'm doing.

:23:35
I want you to take this.










From 5/27/1955 ( Richard Schiff ) to 11/2/1975 ( I launched from Earth by myself to intercept the comet in the outer solar system ) is: 7464 days

7464 = 3732 + 3732

From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) to 5/21/1969 ( my graduation from Princeton University includes medical degree ) is: 3732 days


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0771493/

Richard Schiff
Date of Birth: 27 May 1955
Deep Impact (1998) .... Don Beiderman










http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0734747/

Mic Rodgers

Mel Gibson's personal stunt double (1984-nov 1997)

Deep Impact (1998) (uncredited) .... Secret Service Agent #1










From 6/7/1976 ( my first landing Saturn moon Phoebe ) to 9/4/1992 ( Caitlin Fein ) is: 5933 days

'59-33' ( my birth date US )

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0270642/

Caitlin Fein
Date of Birth: 4 September 1992
Deep Impact (1998) .... Caitlin Stanley










From 6/7/1976 ( my first landing Saturn moon Phoebe ) to 9/4/1992 ( Amanda Fein ) is: 5933 days

'59-33' ( my birth date US )


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0270637/

Amanda Fein
Date of Birth: 4 September 1992
Deep Impact (1998) .... Caitlin Stanley










From 8/16/1959 ( Laura Innes ) to 7/4/1976 ( my target date to divert the comet in the outer solar system and I was successful ) is: 6167 days

From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 1/21/1976 ( my first landing on the planet Mars ) is: 6167 days


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005041/

Laura Innes
Date of Birth: 16 August 1959
Deep Impact (1998) .... Beth Stanley










From 7/23/1970 ( Rya Kihlstedt ) to 4/14/1981 ( the 1st space shuttle flight, STS-1, returns to Earth and I was onboard that spacecraft Columbia until landing approach when I fell through the landing gear door after repairing it at the last second ) is: 3918 days

3918 = 1959 + 1959

'1959 March 3' ( my birth date US )


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0452748/

Rya Kihlstedt
Date of Birth: 23 July 1970
Deep Impact (1998) .... Chloe Lerner










http://www.cswap.com/1998/Deep_Impact/cap/en/2_Parts/a/00_23

Deep Impact


23:14
Jenny, I know
that you hate me.

:23:16
I know that you have
terrible things

:23:17
that you want
to say to me.

:23:19
You have
to get over it.

:23:21
Life goes on.

:23:23
Jenny: Life goes on? OK.

:23:25


:23:28
What's so funny?

:23:29
Life...

:23:33
We'll see.

:23:36
What's so funny
about "life goes on"?

:23:39
Life going on?

:23:41
I don't think it's funny
that life goes on.

:23:43
Dad, you need to get
back together with Mom.

:23:47
She's all alone in the world,
and she needs you right now.










From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) to 11/11/1966 ( Gemini 12 launches with me onboard that Gemini 12 spacecraft for my first flight into Earth orbit ) is: 2810 days

5620 = 2810 + 2810

From 2/25/1966 ( Téa Leoni ) to 7/16/1981 ( my wife ) is: 5620 days





From 2/25/1966 ( Téa Leoni ) to 7/21/1969 ( I am one of the Apollo 11 astronauts walking on the Earth's moon ) is: 1242 days

From 7/21/1969 ( I am one of the Apollo 11 astronauts walking on the Earth's moon ) to 12/14/1972 ( Apollo 17 lunar lander leaves Moon surface and I was onboard that Apollo 17 lunar lander spacecraft ) is: 1242 days



http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000495/

Téa Leoni
Date of Birth: 25 February 1966
Deep Impact (1998) .... Jenny Lerner





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Impact_%28film%29

a reporter for MSNBC in Washington, DC, Jenny Lerner (Leoni), is researching the resignation of the United States Secretary of the Treasury and is told by a former aide of his constant phone conversations about "Ellie". Lerner misconstrues this as a mistress and politically-charged affair, when in reality, "Ellie" is "E.L.E.": an acronym for extinction-level event.










http://www.cswap.com/1998/Deep_Impact/cap/en/2_Parts/a/00_17

Deep Impact


:17:00
People knew about the Manhattan
Project, you know,

:17:03
and they kept it a secret.

:17:05
That was just the creation
of the atom bomb.

:17:17
Hmm.

:17:23


:17:35
Ms Lerner, Tom Beck.

:17:38
I understand you've come
into some information.

:17:40
Ms Lerner was just expressing
her lack of enthusiasm

:17:43
for matters
of national security

:17:44
where journalistic
competitiveness is at stake.










[ begin examples of piracy of my true identity, which has tremendous commercial value, and details of continued death threats against me and my wife ]










From 12/25/1968 ( date hijacked from me: Apollo 8 at Moon and I was onboard that Apollo 8 spacecraft ) to 7/15/1996 ( MSNBC, a product of criminal enterprise and insurrection against the USA )(Monday) is: 10064 days

10064 = 5032 + 5032

From 3/3/1959 ( date hijacked from me: my birth date US ) to 12/11/1972 ( date hijacked from me: Apollo 17 lunar landing and I was one of the Apollo 17 astronauts walking on the Earth's moon ) is: 5032 days





From 11/28/1976 ( date hijacked from me: I launched from Jupiter moon Callisto for Earth and home ) to 7/15/1996 ( MSNBC, a product of criminal enterprise and insurrection against the USA ) is: 7169 days

7169 = 1 + 3584 + 3584

From 3/3/1959 ( date hijacked from me: my birth date US ) to 12/24/1968 ( date hijacked from me: Apollo 8 at Moon and I was onboard that Apollo 8 spacecraft ) is: 3584 days


http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=2339309&date=19960715&query=msnbc

Business: Monday, July 15, 1996


Microsoft, NBC Launch Their Cable/Internet News Operation

Chuck Taylor, Michele Matassa Flores

Seattle Times Staff Reporters

Anticipating the convergence of computers and television, Microsoft Corp. and NBC today turned on the MSNBC cable channel and its companion Internet information site - entering the soon-to-be-crowded 24-hour news business.

The TV channel, whose slogan is "you're connected," signed on at 6 a.m. Pacific time, replacing NBC-owned America's Talking as a programming option in about 22.5 million cable households.

MSNBC Interactive on the World Wide Web (http://www.msnbc.com) replaced Microsoft's MSN News.










[ end examples of piracy of my true identity, which has tremendous commercial value, and details of continued death threats against me and my wife ]










From 7/21/1969 ( I am one of the Apollo 11 astronauts walking on the Earth's moon ) to 2/9/1997 ( premiere TV episode "The Simpsons, The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show" )(Sunday) is: 10065 days

10065 = 1 + 5032 + 5032

From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) to 12/11/1972 ( Apollo 17 lunar landing and I was one of the Apollo 17 astronauts walking on the Earth's moon ) is: 5032 days


http://www.snpp.com/episodes/4F12.html

[4F12] The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show

Original Airdate on FOX: 09-Feb-97





Krusty: Once in a great while, we are privileged to experience a television event so extraordinary, it becomes part of our shared heritage.

[picture of astronaut on the moon, against American flag]

1969: Man walks on the moon.

[picture of astronaut about to swing on the moon]

1971: Man walks on the moon... again.

[pictures stop]

Then, for a long time, nothing happened. Until tonight.










From 5/1/1973 ( my graduation from University of Oxford with law degree ) to 2/3/1994 ( premiere TV episode "The Simpsons, Bart Gets Famous" )(Thursday) is: 7583 days

7583 = 1 + 3791 + 3791

From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 7/20/1969 ( The Eagle has landed and I was onboard that Apollo 11 lunar lander spacecraft ) is: 3791 days


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0701055/

"The Simpsons"

Bart Gets Famous (1994)

Original Air Date: 3 February 1994 (Season 5, Episode 12)

Plot Outline: Bart becomes an overnight sensation as the "I didn't do it" boy on Krusty's show.










http://www.cswap.com/1998/Armageddon/cap/en/25fps/a/00_42

Armageddon


43:00
What's it gonna be like up there?

:43:02
Two hundred degrees in the sunlight.
Minus 200 in the shade.

:43:05
Canyons of razor-sharp rock.
Unpredictable gravitational conditions.

:43:10
Unexpected eruptions.
Things like that.

:43:13
Okay, so the scariest
environment imaginable. Thanks.

:43:16
That's all you gotta say:
scariest environment imaginable.










http://www.cswap.com/1998/Deep_Impact/cap/en/2_Parts/a/00_04

Deep Impact


:04:04
Well, hello there,
little fella.

:04:07
Do I know you?

:04:10
Where are you going
in such a hurry?










http://www.inbaseline.com/project.aspx?project_id=24592

Armageddon (1998)


An oil driller and his crew are hired to rocket out to a gigantic asteroid and blow it up before it slams into the Earth.










From 9/2/1965 ( my first day as student at Princeton University where I earned degree as medical doctor ) to 10/31/1998 ( premiere Tokyo International Film Festival movie "Armageddon" ) is 33 years, 59 days

'33-59' ( my birth date US )



http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120591/releaseinfo

Release dates for

Armageddon (1998)

Japan 31 October 1998 (Tokyo International Film Festival)










From 10/9/1971 ( I am board-certified surgeon ) to 7/5/1980 ( premiere Japan movie "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" ) is: 3192 days

3192 = 1596 + 1596

From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) to 7/16/1963 ( my wife ) is: 1596 days



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

Release dates for

Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

Japan 5 July 1980










From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) to 7/20/1969 ( The Eagle has landed and I am one of the Apollo 11 astronauts walking on the Earth's moon ) is: 3792 days

From 7/20/1969 ( The Eagle has landed and I am one of the Apollo 11 astronauts walking on the Earth's moon ) to 12/7/1979 ( premiere US movie "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" ) 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.










http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0348150/quotes

Memorable quotes for

Superman Returns (2006)





Perry White: [discussing headlines] Has he gained weight?

[Clark suddenly looks down]





Lex Luthor: But we're not really strangers, are we? This is kind of a little reunion, isn't it? Heck, I'm a fan. I love your writing... and your dress.

Lois Lane: I love your boat. How'd you get it? Swindle some old widow out of her money?

Lex Luthor: [gushes and chuckles mockingly] That's funny. Hey, didn't you win the Pulitzer Prize for my favorite article of all time, 'Why the World DOESN'T Need Superman'?

Lois Lane: Didn't you have a few more years to go on that DOUBLE life sentence?

Lex Luthor: [pause as he glares at her] Yes, well, we can thank the Man of Steel for that. I mean, he's really good at swooping in and catching the bad guys, but he's not so hot at the little things, like Miranda rights, due process,

[under his breath]

Lex Luthor: making your court date...





Lex Luthor: Bring it on!





Clark Kent: How did Lex Luthor get out of prison?

Jimmy Olsen: When his appeals came up, they called Superman as a witness, and he never showed. How much do you think that pisses off Superman?

Clark Kent: ...A lot.










From 5/21/1969 ( my graduation from Princeton University, includes medical degree ) to 10/9/1979 ( Brandon Routh ) is: 3793 days

From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) to 7/21/1969 ( I am one of the Apollo 11 astronauts walking on the Earth's moon ) is: 3793 days



From 10/9/1979 ( Brandon Routh ) to 6/8/1996 ( USS Cole DDG-67 commissioned while I was the first Commanding Officer of the USS Cole DDG-67 ) is: 6087 days

From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 11/2/1975 ( I launch from Earth by myself to intercept the comet in the outer solar system ) is: 6087 days


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0746125/

Brandon Routh
Date of Birth: 9 October 1979
Superman Returns (2006) .... Clark Kent / Superman










From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) to 9/2/1965 ( my first day as student at Princeton University where I earned degree as medical doctor ) is: 2375 days

From 7/2/1976 ( I intercepted the comet in the outer solar system and set to work at diverting it ) to 1/2/1983 ( Kate Bosworth ) is: 2375 days

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0098378/

Kate Bosworth
Date of Birth: 2 January 1983
Superman Returns (2006) .... Lois Lane










From 10/9/1971 ( I am board-certified surgeon ) to 7/14/2006 ( premiere UK movie "Superman Returns" ) is 5 days, 9 months, 34 years

'59-34' ( my birth date UK )


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0348150/releaseinfo

Release dates for

Superman Returns (2006)

UK 14 July 2006










From 4/14/1981 ( the 1st space shuttle flight, STS-1, returns to Earth and I was onboard that spacecraft Columbia until landing approach when I fell through the landing gear door after repairing it at the last second ) to 6/28/2006 ( premiere US movie "Superman Returns" ) is: 9206 days

9206 = 4603 + 4603

From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) to 10/9/1971 ( I am board-certified surgeon ) is: 4603 days


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0348150/

Superman Returns (2006)

Release Date: 28 June 2006 (USA)


Brandon Routh ... Clark Kent / Superman
Kate Bosworth ... Lois Lane










http://www.navy.mil/management/photodb/photos/080305-N-6410J-008.jpg

080305-N-6410J-008 SAN DIEGO (March 5, 2008) Sailors complete the swimming part of a physical training challenge at Naval Base San Diego. The participants followed the swim with pull-ups, push-ups and sit-ups. The event was sponsored by the special warfare recruiter community to allow Sailors to interact with special operators, special boat operators and explosive ordinance disposal personnel. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Matthew Jackson (Released)



http://www.navy.mil/view_photos_top.asp

080305-N-6410J-008










From 5/12/1965 ( I am awarded U.S. Navy aviator wings ) to 11/20/1999 ( USS Howard DDG 93 Launch Date ) is: 12610 days

12610 = 6305 + 6305

From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 6/7/1976 ( my first landing Saturn moon Phoebe ) is: 6305 days


http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/DDG83.htm

USS HOWARD (DDG 83)
GUIDED MISSILE DESTROYER
Launch Date: 11/20/1999





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Howard_%28DDG-83%29

USS Howard (DDG-83) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy. The ship is named in honor of Gunnery Sgt. Jimmie E. Howard, USMC, (1929-1993), recipient of the Medal of Honor for his leadership of a platoon against repeated attacks by a battalion-sized Viet Cong force. After receiving severe wounds from an enemy grenade, he distributed ammunition to his men and directed air strikes on the enemy. By dawn, his beleaguered platoon still held their position. Howard also received the Silver Star Medal for service in Korea.





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmie_E._Howard

Jimmie Earl Howard (1929-1993) was a Marine Corps Staff Sergeant when he led an eighteen-man reconnaissance patrol in a fierce battle against a battalion of Viet Cong in June 1966. As a result of his heroic actions, Howard become the sixth U.S. Marine to be awarded the Nation’s highest honor for heroism in combat in Vietnam. The Medal of Honor was presented by President Lyndon B. Johnson in White House ceremonies on 21 August 1967.










From 4/30/1982 ( my graduation and commissioning U.S. Naval Academy Class of 1982 ) to 8/24/1998 ( USS Lassen DDG 82 keel date ) is: 5960 days

5960 = 2980 + 2980

From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 5/1/1967 ( my first flight by myself as jet pilot ) is: 2980 days


http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/DDG82.htm

USS LASSEN (DDG 82)
GUIDED MISSILE DESTROYER
Keel Date: 08/24/1998










From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 1/16/1969 ( President Lyndon Johnson presents Congressional Medals of Honor ) is 3 days, 45 weeks, 9 years

'34-59' ( my birth date UK )





From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 2/9/1964 ( my final day as competitor at Innsbruck Olympics, where I won gold medals ) is: 1803 days

From 2/9/1964 ( my final day as competitor at Innsbruck Olympics, where I won gold medals ) to 1/16/1969 ( President Lyndon Johnson presents Congressional Medals of Honor ) is: 1803 days


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:LyndonJohnson_MedalsAwarded.jpg

Image:LyndonJohnson MedalsAwarded.jpg


President Lyndon Johnson awarded Congressional Medals of Honor to the following servicemen on January 16, 1969. From Left to Right:

Navy Lt. Clyde E. Lassen, Ft. Myers, Florida
Marine Maj. Stephen W. Pless, Newnan, Georgia
Air Force Lt. Col. Joe M. Jackson, Newnan, Georgia
Army S/Sgt. Drew D. Dix, Pueblo, Colorado










From 4/14/1977 ( I returned to Earth after successfully diverting comet in the outer solar system ) to 10/3/1986 ( filming begins 1987 movie "Hamburger Hill" ) is: 3459 days

'34-59' ( my birth date UK )


http://www.inbaseline.com/project.aspx?project_id=27291

Hamburger Hill (1987)

Began shooting October 3, 1986.










From 4/12/1981 ( 1st space shuttle flight launches into Earth orbit and I was onboard that spacecraft Columbia ) to 3/2/1988 ( filming begins 1987 movie "Hamburger Hill" ) is: 3 days, 359 weeks

'33-59' ( my birth date US )


http://www.inbaseline.com/project.aspx?project_id=27291

Hamburger Hill (1987)

Released in USA on video March 2, 1988.










From 5/12/1965 ( I am awarded U.S. Navy aviator wings ) to 8/28/1987 ( premiere US movie "Hamburger Hill" )(Friday) is: 8143 days

8143 = 1 + 4071 + 4071

From 5/12/1965 ( I am awarded U.S. Navy aviator wings ) to 7/4/1976 ( my target date to divert the comet and I was successful ) is: 4071 days


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093137/

Hamburger Hill (1987)

Release Date: 28 August 1987 (USA)

Tagline: War at its worst. Men at their Best.

Plot Outline: A very realistic interpretation of one of the bloodiest battles of the Vietnam War.





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

The Battle of Hamburger Hill was a battle of the Vietnam War which was fought between the United States and the Democratic Republic of Vietnam from May 10 - May 20, 1969. Although of little strategic value, US command ordered assaults to clear the area around AP Bia, which led to pitched battles on the heavily fortified Hill 937. As the battle was primarily carried out by infantry using small arms fire, the fighting was akin to WWI trench warfare with the US Airborne troops moving up the highly sloped hill against experienced and well equipped entrenched troops. Attacks were repeatedly repelled by weather, friendly fire, accidents, and especially the highly effective PAVN defenses. Nevertheless the Airborne troops took the hill through direct assault, causing extensive casualties to the PAVN forces, and taking such in their own units. The backlash due to the high casualties over a strategically unimportant point led to dramatic changes in the conduct of the war, and Hamburger Hill would be the last major US ground assault of the war.










From 7/21/1979 ( my wife and I are married ) to 10/1/2004 ( TNT airing miniseries "From the Earth to the Moon" ) is: 9204 days

9204 = 4602 + 4602

From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 10/9/1971 ( I am board-certified surgeon ) is: 4602 days


http://www.inbaseline.com/project.aspx?project_id=26949

From the Earth to the Moon

Air Date 04/05/1998 - 05/10/1998

Series based on America's Apollo space program from 1961 to 1972. Episodes include: the birth of the space program; the probe into the fatal launch-pad blaze of Apollo 1, January 27, 1967; the countdown to launch Apollo 7, October 1968; the first moon orbit by Apollo 8, December 1968; Apollos 9 and 10, March and May 1969; the first lunar landing by Apollo 11, July 1969; the life of a lunar astronaut of Apollo 12, November 1969; the media's tabloidization of troubled mission Apollo 13, April 1970; Alan Shepard's return to space with Apollo 14, January - February 1971; Apollo 15, July - August 1971; the story of the astronauts' wives and children; and Apollo 17, the final mission, December 1972.


TNT bought the basic cable rights for approximately $6 million and began airing October 1, 2004.










From 5/1/1967 ( my first flight by myself as jet pilot ) to 5/11/1999 ( Released in USA on video "From the Earth to the Moon" ) is: 11698 days

11698 = 5849 + 5849

From 7/16/1963 ( my wife ) to 7/21/1979 ( my wife and I are married ) is: 5849 days


http://www.inbaseline.com/project.aspx?project_id=26949

From the Earth to the Moon

Released in USA on video May 11, 1999.










From 5/1/1973 ( my graduation from University of Oxford includes law degree ) to 7/15/1998 ( Released in USA on video "From the Earth to the Moon" ) is: 9206 days

9206 = 4203 + 4203

From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) to 10/9/1971 ( I am board-certified surgeon ) is: 4603 days


http://www.inbaseline.com/project.aspx?project_id=26949

From the Earth to the Moon

Released in USA on video July 15, 1998.










From 1/24/1933 ( George Bartenieff ) to 4/14/1977 ( I returned to Earth after successfully diverting comet in the outer solar system ) is: 16151 days

16151 = 1 + 8075 + 8075

From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 4/12/1981 ( 1st space shuttle launch and I was onboard that spacecraft Columbia ) is: 8075 days


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0058496/

George Bartenieff
Date of Birth: 24 January 1933
"From the Earth to the Moon" (1998) (mini) TV mini-series .... NASA Deputy Administrator Hugh Dryden










From 7/23/1938 ( Ronny Cox ) to 5/1/1967 ( my first flight by myself as jet pilot ) is 345 months, 9 days

'34-59' ( my birth date UK )


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001074/

Ronny Cox
Date of Birth: 23 July 1938

Beverly Hills Cop (1984) .... Lt. Andrew Bogomil
Beverly Hills Cop II (1987) .... Capt. / Chief Andrew Bogomil
"Star Trek: The Next Generation" .... Captain Edward Jellico
"From the Earth to the Moon" (1998) (mini) TV mini-series .... Lee Atwood, CEO North American










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

North American Aviation was a major US aircraft manufacturer. The company was responsible for a number of historic aircraft, including the T-6 Texan trainer, the P-51 Mustang fighter, the B-25 Mitchell bomber, the F-86 Sabre jet fighter, and the X-15 rocket plane, as well as Apollo Command and Service Module, the second stage of the Saturn V rocket, the Space Shuttle orbiter and the B-1 Lancer. Through a series of mergers and sales, North American Aviation is now part of Boeing.










From 9/1/1948 ( James Rebhorn ) to 1/29/1964 ( my first day as competitor at Innsbruck Olympics, where I won gold medals ) is: 5628 days

5628 = 2814 + 2814

From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) to 11/15/1966 ( Gemini 12 splashdown and I was onboard that Gemini 12 spacecraft ) is: 2814 days


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0714310/

James Rebhorn
Date of Birth: 1 September 1948
"From the Earth to the Moon" (1998) (mini) TV mini-series .... Harrison Storms, VP North American










From 4/14/1956 ( Chris Ellis ) to 12/14/1972 ( Apollo 17 lunar lander leaves Moon surface and I was onboard that Apollo 17 lunar lander spacecraft ) is: 6088 days

From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) to 11/2/1975 ( I launched from Earth by myself to intercept the comet in the outer solar system ) is: 6088 days


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0254760/

Chris Ellis
Date of Birth: 14 April 1956
"From the Earth to the Moon" (1998) (mini) TV mini-series .... Bob Parker, Apollo 17 CAPCOM










http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_controller#Capsule_Communicator_.28CAPCOM.29

Capsule Communicator (CAPCOM)

Generally the only person who communicates directly with a manned space crew. During much of the U.S. manned space program, NASA felt it was important for all communication with the astronauts in space to pass through a single individual in the Mission Control Center. That role was designated the Capsule Communicator or CAPCOM and was filled by another astronaut, often one of the backup crew members. It is believed that an astronaut is most able to understand the situation in the spacecraft and pass information in the clearest and most efficient way.

For long duration missions, there are more than one CAPCOM, each assigned to a different shift team. After control of U.S. spaceflights moved to the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in the early 1960s, each CAPCOM uses the radio call sign Houston. When non-astronauts are communicating directly with the spacecraft, CAPCOM acts as the communications controller. CAPCOMs have sometimes been jokingly addressed as Uhura, a reference to the communications expert in the TV show Star Trek.

Today, non-astronauts from the Space Flight Training branch also function as CAPCOM during ISS missions, while the role is filled solely by astronauts for shuttle missions.










http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_17

Launch: December 7, 1972

Lunar landing: December 11, 1972

Lunar surface time: 3d/02:59:40

Time in lunar orbit: 6d/03:43:37

Landing: December 19, 1972


Apollo 17 was the eleventh manned space mission in the NASA Apollo program. It was the first night launch and the sixth and final lunar landing mission of the Apollo program. As of 2008, it remains the most recent manned Moon landing (the next planned human lunar landing – Orion 15 – will probably also be by NASA, and is planned for 2019, but no later than 2020; however, there is a small chance that another country, such as China, may undertake an earlier human lunar landing).


Depiction in fiction

Portions of the Apollo 17 mission are dramatized in the miniseries From the Earth to the Moon episode entitled "Le Voyage dans la Lune".

Additionally, there have been fictional astronauts in film, literature and television who have been described as "the last man to walk on the moon," implying they were crew members on Apollo 17. One such character was Steve Austin in the television series The Six Million Dollar Man; in a latter episode of the series, Austin's character was asked what space mission he flew on, and he answered, "Apollo 17" (the series first appeared on television in 1973 as a made-for-TV movie, however the novel upon which it was based — Cyborg — was published before the mission and does not make such a reference). Another example is the character of Captain Tanner in the science fiction film Deep Impact.

The mission patch for Apollo 17 was used for the mission patch for the NASA space ship Charybdis in an episode of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" entitled "The Royale".










From 4/23/1939 ( Lee Majors ) to 11/11/1966 ( Gemini 12 launches with me onboard that Gemini 12 spacecraft for my first flight into Earth orbit ) is: 10064 days

10064 = 5032 + 5032

From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) to 12/11/1972 ( Apollo 17 lunar landing and I was one of the Apollo 17 astronauts walking on the Earth's moon ) is: 5032 days





From 4/23/1939 ( Lee Majors ) to 11/15/1966 ( Gemini 12 splashdown and I was onboard that Gemini 12 spacecraft ) is: 10068 days

10068 = 5034 + 5034

From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 12/14/1972 ( Apollo 17 lunar lander leaves Moon surface and I was onboard that Apollo 17 lunar lander spacecraft ) is: 5034 days



http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000516/

Lee Majors
Date of Birth: 23 April 1939

The Six Million Dollar Man (1973) (TV) .... Steve Austin
"The Six Million Dollar Man" .... Col. Steve Austin
The Bionic Woman (1975) (TV) .... Col. Steve Austin
"The Bionic Woman" .... Col. Steve Austin
Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident (1976) (TV) .... Francis Gary Powers
The Bionic Boy (1976) (TV) .... Col. Steve Austin










From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 8/10/1979 ( Joanna Garcia ) is: 7464 days

7464 = 3732 + 3732

From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) to 5/21/1969 ( my graduation from Princeton University includes medical degree ) is: 3732 days


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0305272/

Joanna Garcia
Date of Birth: 10 August 1979
"From the Earth to the Moon" (1998) (mini) TV mini-series .... Julie Shepard





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

Alan Bartlett Shepard, Jr. (November 18, 1923 – July 21, 1998) (Rear Admiral, USN, Ret.) was the second person and the first American in space. He later commanded the Apollo 14 mission, and was the fifth person to walk on the moon.





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_14

Launch: January 31, 1971

Lunar landing: February 5, 1971

Landing: February 9, 1971


Apollo 14 was the eighth manned mission in the Apollo program and the third mission to land on the Moon.


Shepard's moonwalking suit was the first to incorporate red bands on the arms and legs and a red stripe on the top of the lunar EVA sunshade "hood", so as to allow easy identification of the commander while on the surface; on the Apollo 12 pictures, it had been almost impossible to distinguish between the two crewmen, causing a great deal of confusion.










From 11/18/1939 ( Brenda Vaccaro ) to 9/2/1965 ( my first day as student at Princeton University ) is: 9420 days

9420 = 4710 + 4710

From 7/16/1963 ( my wife ) to 6/7/1976 ( my first landing Saturn moon Phoebe ) is: 4710 days


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0882853/

Brenda Vaccaro
Date of Birth: 18 November 1939
Capricorn One (1978) .... Kay Brubaker










From 11/4/1963 ( John Mese ) to 10/11/1968 ( Apollo 7 launches into Earth orbit and I was onboard that Apollo 7 spacecraft ) is: 1803 days

From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 2/9/1964 ( my final day as competitor at Innsbruck Olympics, where I won gold medals ) is: 1803 days


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0581810/

John Mese
Date of Birth: 4 November 1963
"From the Earth to the Moon" (1998) (mini) TV mini-series .... Astronaut Donn Eisele





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

Donn Fulton Eisele (June 23, 1930 – December 2, 1987), born in Columbus, Ohio, was a test pilot in the USAF and a NASA astronaut.

On October 11, 1968, he occupied the command module pilot seat for the eleven-day flight of Apollo VII — the first manned flight test of the third generation United States spacecraft. With spacecraft commander Walter M. Schirra, Jr. and lunar module pilot Walter Cunningham, Eisele participated in and executed maneuvers enabling the crew to perform exercises in transposition and docking and lunar orbit rendezvous with the S-IVB stage of their Saturn IB launch vehicle. They completed eight successful test and maneuvering ignitions of the service module propulsion engine, They also measured the accuracy of performance of all spacecraft systems, and provided the first effective television transmissions of onboard crew activities.

Apollo 7 was placed in an Earth-orbit with an apogee of 153.5 nautical miles (284.3 kilometers) and perigee of 122.6 nautical miles (227.1 km). The 260-hour, four-and-a-half million mile (7.25 Gm) shakedown flight was successfully concluded on October 22, 1968, with splashdown occurring in the Atlantic, eight miles (15 km) from the carrier Essex (only three-tenths of a mile or 0.6 km from the originally predicted aiming point). Eisele logged 260 hours in space.










From 5/21/1969 ( my graduation from Princeton University includes medical degree ) to 10/25/1989 ( John Mountford ) is: 7462 days

7462 = 3731 + 3731

From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 5/21/1969 ( my graduation from Princeton University includes medical degree ) is: 3731 days


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1004737/

John Mountford
Date of Birth: 25 October 1989
"From the Earth to the Moon" (1998) (mini) TV mini-series .... Christopher Conrad










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

Charles "Pete" Conrad, Jr. (June 2, 1930 – July 8, 1999), was an American astronaut and the third man to walk on the Moon. He also described himself as the first man to dance on the Moon. He served on Gemini 5 and 11, Apollo 12, and Skylab 2 missions


While at Princeton, Conrad met Jane DuBose, a student at Bryn Mawr, whose family owned a 1600 acre ranch near Uvalde, Texas. Her father, Winn DuBose, was the first person to call Conrad “Pete” rather than “Peter,” the name he had used since birth. Upon his graduation from Princeton and acceptance of his Navy commission, Conrad and Jane were married on June 16, 1953.










From 8/2/1962 ( Cynthia Stevenson ) to 10/11/1968 ( Apollo 7 launches into Earth orbit and I was onboard that Apollo 7 spacecraft ) is: 2262 days

From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) to 5/12/1965 ( I am awarded U.S. Navy aviator wings ) is: 2262 days


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0828906/

Cynthia Stevenson
Date of Birth: 2 August 1962
"From the Earth to the Moon" (1998) (mini) TV mini-series .... Jane Conrad










From 11/18/1960 ( Elizabeth Perkins ) to 10/9/1971 ( I am board-certified surgeon ) is: 3977 days

3977 = 1 + 1988 + 1988

From 7/16/1963 ( my wife ) to 12/24/1968 ( Apollo 8 at Moon and I was onboard that Apollo 8 spacecraft ) is: 1988 days


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001610/

Elizabeth Perkins
Date of Birth: 18 November 1960
"From the Earth to the Moon" (1998) (mini) TV mini-series .... Marilyn Lovell










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

Missions Gemini 7, Gemini 12, Apollo 8, Apollo 13


James "Jim" Arthur Lovell, Jr., (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.


He married Marilyn Gerlach in 1952










From 3/1/1956 ( Tim Daly ) to 5/12/1965 ( I am awarded U.S. Navy aviator wings ) is: 3359 days

'33-59' ( my birth date US )


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004857/

Tim Daly
Date of Birth: 1 March 1956

"Wings" .... Joe Montgomery Hackett
"From the Earth to the Moon" (1998) (mini) TV mini-series .... Astronaut James Lovell










From 10/30/1957 ( Kevin Pollak ) to 4/12/1981 ( 1st space shuttle flight launches into Earth orbit and I was onboard that spacecraft Columbia ) is: 8565 days

8565 = 1 + 4282 + 4282

From 10/30/1957 ( Kevin Pollak ) to 7/21/1969 ( I am one of the Apollo 11 astronauts walking on the Earth's moon ) is: 4282 days


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001629/

Kevin Pollak
Date of Birth: 30 October 1957

A Few Good Men (1992) .... Lt. Sam Weinberg
"From the Earth to the Moon" (1998) (mini) TV mini-series .... Apollo Program Manager Joe Shea










From 5/22/1961 ( Ann Cusack ) to 7/20/1969 ( The Eagle has landed and I was onboard that Apollo 11 lunar spacecraft ) is: 2981 days

From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) to 5/1/1967 ( my first flight by myself as jet pilot ) is: 2981 days



From 5/22/1961 ( Ann Cusack ) to 10/9/1971 ( I am board-certified surgeon ) is: 3792 days

From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 7/21/1969 ( I am one of the Apollo 11 astronauts walking on the Earth's moon ) is: 3792 days


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0193639/

Ann Cusack
Date of Birth: 22 May 1961
"From the Earth to the Moon" (1998) (mini) TV Series .... Jan Armstrong










From 10/26/1956 ( Rita Wilson ) to 6/7/1976 ( my first landing Saturn moon Phoebe ) is: 7164 days

7164 = 3582 + 3582

From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 12/23/1968 ( Apollo 8 at Moon, Honolulu, Hawaii, local-time, and I was onboard that Apollo 8 spacecraft ) is 3582 days



From 10/26/1956 ( Rita Wilson ) to 11/11/1966 ( Gemini 12 launches and I was onboard that Gemini 12 spacecraft for my first flight into Earth orbit ) is: 3668 days

From 11/11/1966 ( Gemini 12 launches and I was onboard that Gemini 12 spacecraft for my first flight into Earth orbit ) to 11/26/1976 ( my first landing Jupiter moon Callisto ) is: 3668 days


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001854/

Rita Wilson
Date of Birth: 26 October 1956

Volunteers (1985) .... Beth Wexler
"From the Earth to the Moon" (1998) (mini) TV mini-series .... Susan Borman










From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 1/29/1964 ( my first day as competitor at Innsbruck Olympics ) is: 1792 days

3584 = 1792 + 1792

From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) to 12/24/1968 ( Apollo 8 at Moon and I was onboard that Apollo 8 spacecraft ) is: 3584 days


From 8/16/1986 ( Shawn Pyfrom ) to 6/8/1996 ( USS Cole DDG-67 commissioned while I was the first Commanding Officer of USS Cole DDG-67 ) is: 3584 days


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0701457/

Shawn Pyfrom
Date of Birth: 16 August 1986
"From the Earth to the Moon" (1998) (mini) TV mini-series .... 10 Year Old Boy










From 12/7/1956 ( Mark Rolston ) to 9/2/1965 ( my first day as student at Princeton University where I earned degree as medical doctor ) is: 3191 days

3191 = 1 + 1595 + 1595

From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 7/16/1963 ( my wife ) is: 1595 days


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001679/

Mark Rolston
Date of Birth: 7 December 1956
"From the Earth to the Moon" (1998) (mini) TV mini-series .... Astronaut Gus Grissom










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

Missions Mercury-Redstone 4, Gemini 3


Virgil Ivan Grissom, more widely known as Gus Grissom, (3 April 1926 – 27 January 1967) was one of the original NASA Project Mercury astronauts and a United States Air Force pilot. He was the second American to fly in space.


Gemini 3

In early 1964 Alan Shepard was grounded after being diagnosed with Ménière's disease and Grissom was designated command pilot for Gemini 3, the first manned Project Gemini flight. This mission would make him the first astronaut to fly twice beyond the accepted boundary of space. Grissom was one of the smaller-sized astronauts and he worked very closely with the engineers and technicians from McDonnell Aircraft who built the Gemini capsule. The first three spacecraft were built around him and the design was humorously named the Gusmobile. However by July 1963 NASA discovered 14 out of the 16 astronauts could not fit themselves into the cabin and later cockpits were modified.










http://www.bluetreenyc.com/index.php?route=ret|product&prod_id=1132&cat_id=106

The Stars (w/diam) [ Blue Tree ]

I'd Like to Give You the Moon and Then Some... Did you ever want to give someone the gift that money cannot buy? Now you can! Phoebe Cates and designer Pablo Valencia bring this idea to life with this Blue Tree exclusive jewelry line. All pieces are silver unless otherwise indicated. (NOTE: Due to high demand, pieces are occasionally out-of-stock. Customers will be notified if a piece is out-of-stock upon purchase, but these items generally only take a few days to replace.)










From 7/16/1963 ( my wife ) to 5/30/1973 ( Signe Kiesel ) is: 3606 days

3606 = 1803 + 1803

From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 2/9/1964 ( my final day as competitor at Innsbruck Olympics, where I won gold medals ) is 1803 days


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0452627/

Signe Kiesel
Date of Birth: 30 May 1973
"From the Earth to the Moon" (1998) (mini) TV mini-series .... Astronaut's Wife










"You have to think ahead"


From 12/30/1942 ( Fred Ward ) to 6/7/1976 ( my first landing Saturn moon Phoebe ) is 159 days, 33 years

'1-59-33' ( my birth date US )



From 12/30/1942 ( Fred Ward ) to 4/12/1981 ( 1st space shuttle launch and I was onboard that spacecraft Columbia ) is 13 days, 459 months

'1-34-59' ( my birth date UK )


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0911542/

Fred Ward
Date of Birth: 30 December 1942
The Right Stuff (1983) .... Gus Grissom










From 3/7/1959 ( Nick Searcy ) to 11/15/1966 ( Gemini 12 splashdown and I was onboard that Gemini 12 spacecraft ) is: 2810 days

From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) to 11/11/1966 ( Gemini 12 launches with me onboard that Gemini 12 spacecraft for my first flight into Earth orbit ) is: 2810 days



From 3/7/1959 ( Nick Searcy ) to 12/14/1972 ( Apollo 17 lunar lander leaves Moon surface and I was onboard that Apollo 17 lunar lander spacecraft ) is: 5031 days

From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 12/11/1972 ( Apollo 17 lunar landing and I was one of the Apollo 17 astronauts walking on the Earth's moon ) is: 5031 days


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0780678/

Nick Searcy
Date of Birth: 7 March 1959

"Seven Days" .... Nathan Ramsey
"From the Earth to the Moon" (1998) (mini) TV mini-series .... Astronaut Donald 'Deke' Slayton










From 4/15/1948 ( Russell Sanderlin Sr. ) to 2/9/1964 ( my final day as competitor at Innsbruck Olympics where I won gold medals ) is 15 years, 9 months, 3 weeks, 4 days

'1-59-34' ( my birth date UK )





From 4/15/1948 ( Russell Sanderlin Sr. ) to 11/2/1975 ( I launched by myself from Earth to divert the comet in the outer solar system ) is: 10062 days

10062 = 5031 + 5031

From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 12/11/1972 ( Apollo 17 lunar landing and I was one of the Apollo 17 astronauts walking on the Earth's moon ) is: 5031 days


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1455770/

Russell Sanderlin Sr.
Date of Birth: 15 April 1948
"From the Earth to the Moon" (1998) (mini) TV mini-series .... NASA Official - Apollo 7, 11 Mission










From 7/7/1946 ( Joe Spano ) to 4/12/1981 ( 1st space shuttle launch and I was onboard that spacecraft Columbia ) is 5 days, 9 months, 34 years

'59-34' ( my birth date UK )


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0816876/

Joe Spano
Date of Birth: 7 July 1946
"From the Earth to the Moon" (1998) (mini) TV mini-series .... NASA Deputy Administrator George Mueller










http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Mueller_%28NASA%29

George Mueller (b. July 16, 1918[1]) was one of NASA's "most brilliant and fearless managers."[2]. He was Associate Administrator of the Office of Manned Space Flight from September 1963 until December 1969. He was instrumental in the "All-up" philosophy of testing the Saturn V booster that accelerated a floundering Apollo program and ensured it would succeed in landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth by the end of 1969. Mueller (he pronounced it Miller) also played a key part in the design of Skylab[3] and the championed the space shuttle's development.










From 7/9/1946 ( Norbert Weisser ) to 4/14/1981 ( the 1st space shuttle flight, STS-1, re-enters the Earth's atmosphere and I was onboard that spacecraft Columbia ) is 5 days, 9 months, 34 years

'59-34' ( my birth date UK )


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0919256/

Norbert Weisser
Date of Birth: 9 July 1946
"From the Earth to the Moon" (1998) (mini) TV mini-series .... Dr. Werner von Braun










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

Wernher von Braun

Dr. Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr ('Baron')[1] von Braun (March 23, 1912 – June 16, 1977).

Von Braun worked on the American Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) program before joining NASA, where he served as director of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center and the chief architect of the Saturn V launch vehicle, the superbooster that propelled the United States to the Moon [2]. He is generally regarded as the father of the United States space program, both for his technical and organizational skills, and for his public relations efforts on behalf of space flight.










From 1/24/1955 ( Greg Neff ) to 11/2/1975 ( I launched from Earth by myself to divert the comet in the outer solar system ) is: 7587 days

7587 = 1 + 3793 + 3793

From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) to 7/21/1969 ( I am one of the Apollo 11 astronauts walking on the Moon ) is: 3793 days


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0624295/

Greg Neff
Date of Birth: 24 January 1955
"From the Earth to the Moon" (1998) (mini) TV Series .... President










From 4/12/1947 ( Dan Lauria ) to 5/21/1969 ( my graduation from Princeton University includes medical degree ) is: 8075 days

From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 4/12/1981 ( 1st space shuttle launch into Earth orbit and I was onboard that spacecraft Columbia ) is: 8075 days





From 4/12/1947 ( Dan Lauria ) to 1/21/1976 ( my first landing on the planet Mars ) is 345 months, 9 days

'34-59' ( my birth date US )





From 4/12/1947 ( Dan Lauria ) to 9/2/1965 ( my first day as student at Princeton University ) is: 6718 days

6718 = 3359 + 3359

'33-59' ( my birth date US )


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0491357/

Dan Lauria
Date of Birth: 12 April 1947
"From the Earth to the Moon" (1998) (mini) TV mini-series .... NASA Administrator James Webb










http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120570/quotes

Memorable quotes for

"From the Earth to the Moon" (1998) (mini)


Neil Armstrong: Houston, Tranquility Base here, the Eagle has landed.










http://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/armstrong_neil_worldbook.html

Armstrong, Neil

Born in 1930, Neil A. Armstrong, a United States astronaut, was the first person to set foot on the moon.










http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096921/plotsummary

Plot summary for

Beyond the Stars (1989)

This Sci-Fi Drama centers around the teen-age Eric, son of a computer scientist who worked for the Apollo mission which sent the first human to the moon. Eric, determined to become an astronaut himself one day, befriends Paul Andrews, the first man on the moon. Paul is avoided by other astronauts nowadays, because he was very rude and rebuffing when he returned from space. Only slowly Eric learns, that he discovered something during his excursion on the moon, that he keeps as a secret.










From 8/3/1940 ( Martin Sheen ) to 1/21/1976 ( my first landing on the planet Mars ) is: 12954 days

12954 = 6477 + 6477

From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 11/26/1976 ( my first landing Jupiter moon Callisto ) is: 6477 days


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000640/

Martin Sheen
Date of Birth: 3 August 1940
Beyond the Stars (1989) .... Paul Andrews










From 8/18/1969 ( Christian Slater ) to 5/13/1987 ( my M.I.A. status in Africa ends and I am being transported for eventual return to home ) is: 6477 days

From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 11/26/1976 ( my first landing Jupiter moon Callisto ) is: 6477 days



From 8/18/1969 ( Christian Slater ) to 12/14/1972 ( Apollo 17 lunar lander leaves Moon surface and I was onboard that Apollo 17 lunar lander spacecraft ) is: 1214 days

From 7/16/1963 ( my wife ) to 11/11/1966 ( Gemini 12 launches and I was onboard that Gemini 12 spacecraft for my first flight into Earth orbit ) is: 1214 days



From 5/12/1965 ( I am awarded U.S. Navy aviator wings ) to 8/18/1969 ( Christian Slater ) is: 1559 days

1559 = 1 + 779 + 779

From 7/16/1963 ( my wife ) to 9/2/1965 ( my first day as student at Princeton University ) is: 779 days

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000225/

Christian Slater
Date of Birth: 18 August 1969

Beyond the Stars (1989) .... Eric Michaels

"Saturday Night Live" .... Host (1 episode, 1991)
- Christian Slater/Bonnie Raitt (1991) TV episode .... Host

Broken Arrow (1996) .... Capt. Riley Hale










From 6/7/1976 ( my first landing Saturn moon Phoebe ) to 10/26/1991 ( Christian Slater host, Bonnie Raitt, musical guest "Saturday Night Live" )(Saturday) is: 5619 days

5619 = 1 + 2809 + 2809

From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 11/11/1966 ( Gemini 12 launches and I was onboard that Gemini 12 spacecraft for my first flight into Earth orbit ) is: 2809 days



From 7/21/1987 ( formal wedding for my wife Phoebe and me ) to 10/26/1991 ( Christian Slater host, Bonnie Raitt, musical guest "Saturday Night Live" ) is: 1558 days

1558 = 779 + 779

From 7/16/1963 ( my wife ) to 9/2/1965 ( my first day as student at Princeton University ) is: 779 days


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0694599/

"Saturday Night Live"

Christian Slater/Bonnie Raitt (1991)

Original Air Date: 26 October 1991 (Season 17, Episode 4)


Christian Slater ... Host
Bonnie Raitt ... Musical Guest










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

A cicada is an insect of the order Hemiptera, suborder Auchenorrhyncha, in the superfamily Cicadoidea, with large eyes wide apart on the head and usually transparent, well-veined wings. There are about 2,500 species of cicada around the globe, and many remain unclassified. Cicadas live in temperate to tropical climates where they are among the most widely recognized of all insects, mainly due to their large size and remarkable acoustic talents. Cicadas are sometimes colloquially called "locusts",[1] although they are unrelated to true locusts, which are a kind of grasshopper. They are also known as "jar flies". Cicadas are related to leafhoppers and spittlebugs. In parts of the southern Appalachian Mountains in the United States they are known as "dry flies" because of the dry shell they leave behind.


Male cicadas have loud noisemakers called "timbals" on the sides of the abdominal base. Their "singing" is not the stridulation (where two structures are rubbed against one another) of many other familiar sound-producing insects like crickets: the timbals are regions of the exoskeleton that are modified to form a complex membrane with thin, membranous portions and thickened "ribs". Contracting the internal timbal muscles produces a clicking sound as the timbals buckle inwards. As these muscles relax, the timbals return to their original position producing another click. The interior of the male abdomen is substantially hollow to amplify the resonance of the sound. A cicada rapidly vibrates these membranes, and enlarged chambers derived from the tracheae make its body serve as a resonance chamber, greatly amplifying the sound. They modulate their noise by wiggling their abdomens toward and away from the tree that they are on. Additionally, each species has its own distinctive song.[1]

Although only males produce the cicadas' distinctive sound, both sexes have tympana, which are membranous structures used to detect sounds and thus the cicadas' equivalent of ears. Males can disable their own tympana while calling. [4]Adult cicadas have a sideways-ridged plate where the mouth is in normal insects.

Some cicadas produce sounds up to 120 dB (SPL)[5] "at close range", among the loudest of all insect-produced sounds.[6] Conversely, some small species have songs so high in pitch that the noise is inaudible to humans[citation needed]. Species have different mating songs to ensure they attract the appropriate mate. The song intensity of the louder cicadas acts as an effective bird repellent.[citation needed] Males of many species tend to gather which creates a greater sound intensity and protects against avian predators.[citation needed] It can be difficult to determine which direction(s) cicada song is coming from, because the low pitch carries well and because it may, in fact, be coming from many directions at once, as cicadas in various trees all make noise at once.










http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077294/quotes

Memorable quotes for

Capricorn One (1978)


Dr. James Kelloway: You think it's all a couple of looney scientists, it's not! It's bigger. There are people out there, *forces* out there, who have a lot to lose. They're grown ups. It's gotten too big, it's in the hands of grown ups!