http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Space_Medal_of_Honor
Congressional Space Medal of Honor
The Congressional Space Medal of Honor was authorized by the United States Congress in 1969 to recognize "any astronaut who in the performance of his duties has distinguished himself by exceptionally meritorious efforts and contributions to the welfare of the Nation and mankind." It is awarded by the President on recommendations from the NASA Administrator. The award is a separate decoration from the Medal of Honor, which is a military award for extreme bravery and gallantry in combat.
Although the Congressional Space Medal of Honor is a civilian award of the United States government, it is authorized as a military decoration for display on U.S. military uniforms due to the prestige of the decoration. In such cases, the Congressional Space Medal of Honor is worn as a ribbon following all United States Armed Forces decorations.
To be awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor, an astronaut must perform feats of extraordinary accomplishment while participating in actual space flight under the authority of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Typically, the Congressional Space Medal of Honor is awarded for scientific discoveries or actions of tremendous benefit to mankind. The decoration may also be awarded for extreme bravery during a space emergency or in preventing a major space disaster. The Congressional Space Medal of Honor may also be presented posthumously to those astronauts who died in the line of duty while performing a United States space mission.
As of 2006, 28 astronauts have been honored with the award, which is presented by the President of the United States in Congress's name.
October 1, 1978 Neil Armstrong
Apollo 11 (first lunar landing, Commander)
October 1, 1978 Frank Borman
Apollo 8 (first lunar orbit, Commander)
October 1, 1978 Charles "Pete" Conrad
Skylab (first Commander)
October 1, 1978 John Glenn
Mercury-Atlas 6 (first American in orbit)
October 1, 1978 Virgil "Gus" Grissom
Apollo 1 and Gemini 3 (Commander)
October 1, 1978 Alan Shepard
Mercury-Redstone 3 (first American in space)
From 7/21/1969 ( I was Apollo 11 Eagle astronaut walking on Earth's moon ) to 10/1/1978 ( President Jimmy Carter presents The Congressional Space Medal of Honor ) is: 3359 days
'33-59' ( my birth date US )
From 10/11/1968 ( I was Apollo 7 spacecraft astronaut ) to 5/19/1981 ( President Ronald Reagan presents The Congressional Space Medal of Honor ) is: 4603 days
From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) to 10/9/1971 ( I am board-certified surgeon ) is: 4603 days
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Space_Medal_of_Honor
Congressional Space Medal of Honor
As of 2006, 28 astronauts have been honored with the award, which is presented by the President of the United States in Congress's name.
May 19, 1981 John W. Young
STS-1 (first shuttle flight, Commander)
From 2/6/1911 ( Ronald Wilson Reagan ) to 9/24/1930 ( John Watts Young ) is: 7170 days
7170 = 3585 + 3585
From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date ) to 12/25/1968 ( I was Apollo 8 astronaut in orbit of Earth's moon ) is: 3585 days
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Young_%28astronaut%29
Missions Gemini 3, Gemini 10, Apollo 10, Apollo 16, STS-1, STS-9
John Watts Young (born September 24, 1930) is a former NASA astronaut who walked on the Moon on April 21, 1972 during the Apollo 16 mission.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_reagan
40th President of the United States
In office
January 20, 1981 – January 20, 1989
Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981–1989) and the 33rd Governor of California (1967–1975).
From 12/24/1968 ( I was Apollo 8 astronaut in orbit of Earth's moon ) to 4/12/1981 ( I was the commander aboard the STS-1 spacecraft Columbia ) 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
From 7/16/1963 ( my wife ) to 4/12/1981 ( I was the commander aboard the STS-1 spacecraft Columbia ) is: 6480 days
From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) to 11/28/1976 ( I launched from Jupiter moon Callisto for Earth and home ) is: 6480 days
From 2/12/1973 ( Operation Homecoming begins and I was one of the C-141A pilots transporting home the American POW's ) to 4/12/1981 ( I was the commander aboard the STS-1 spacecraft Columbia ) 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
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-1
Launch: April 12, 1981
Landing: April 14, 1981
The first Space Shuttle mission, STS-1, was launched April 12, 1981, and returned April 14. Space Shuttle Columbia orbited the earth 36 times in this 54.5-hour mission.
From 7/16/1963 ( my wife ) to 7/21/1979 ( my wife Phoebe and I are married ) is: 5849 days
From 7/21/1979 ( my wife Phoebe and I are married ) to 7/26/1995 ( President Bill Clinton presents The Congressional Space Medal of Honor ) is: 5849 days
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Space_Medal_of_Honor
Congressional Space Medal of Honor
As of 2006, 28 astronauts have been honored with the award, which is presented by the President of the United States in Congress's name.
July 26, 1995 James Lovell
Apollo 13 (Commander)
JOURNAL ARCHIVE: 03/17/08 8:50 PM
I just woke up a few minutes ago from I guess about 5 or 6 hours of sleep. I still feel exhausted. I am now wondering of the series of scenes and images in one dream was actually a representation of my flight into space as the commander of the first space shuttle launch.
JOURNAL ARCHIVE: 03/17/08 8:54 PM
There dream, though, seemed to be set on the USS Oliver Hazard Perry FFG-7. I am not certain how I linked that setting to FFG-7 but I am certain I was on a FFG-7 class ship and the notion lingers in my mind that it was the FFG-7.
In a somewhat confusing part, I walked out of a room with two people in it, where a junior person was getting a medal, for someone reason, as I was looking on, onto the weatherdeck. The person who had got the medal, which was a medal I can visualize but that I do not recognize, followed out onto the deck, I think. I can still visualize the calm blue water and also looking out onto the shore and the sky line of some city we were near but that I cannot recognize either after waking up. I do remember that I commented to the other person that I enjoyed being back out to sea, and I feel compelled to note that I might have said to him that I enjoyed especially being out to sea when we we just floating around, as we were then. Then, for some strange reason, I was over the edge of the deck and I was hanging onto the low railing, trying to keep myself from falling over into the water. But the gravity was strange and that might be why that part seems weird, in retrospect of the dream. I almost want to say that my feet were drifting upwards instead of downwards towards the ocean. I cannot remember what happened next. On one hand, it seems understand that I was hanging onto that railing but I am also somewhat baffled, as I ponder the dream after waking up, why I was even hanging from that railing in the first place.
In another dream sequence, I was on small boat and that sequence is, I think, connected to that first sequence about FFG-7. It seems we had taken a small boat closer to shore but I cannot remember any details to support that notion. I can still visualize some of the scenery but I do not understand it all very well. I do remember another small boat passing us by and I am quite certain that Camilla, Duchess of York, was on it. There is some other detail associated with that observation that I cannot now remember. I can remember there were other people on the boat with her and I assume Prince Charles was there also. Back on my boat, I was talking about some kind of cove that was in the lake or ocean we were on and there seemed to be something important about that cove, in that I wanted to go in there but I don't think we did in that dream. I remember I was trying to describe certain details of that cove to the other person as they would see it while approaching the cove. At another point, I told someone that I could not remember when I learned to swim. I made some other comments on that topic that I do not remember now.
I also remember something, vaguely, about Iceland, maybe. Something related to flying aircraft. Perhaps I was stationed at some point as a pilot in Iceland. I remember hearing some comments about someone's skills as an aircraft pilot. I remember something about looking at an aircraft runway and seeing the remains of the de-icer material they use. This all seemed to happen as I was sitting on the boat and I could actually see those other locations, such as the runway and the office, while I was in another far away location. That might be the result of remembering a past experience while having a dream. Something like that. A memory within a memory. I also remember sitting there in that boat that I was holding some kind of award plaque but I cannot remember what was writting on that award plaque. I think the award plaque had been given to Jim Lovell but I am not certain what that means. I can still visualize certain words on it but I cannot remember enough to describe those words. I remember that some letters were missing in the words.
From 2/6/1964 ( I was Olympic gold medalist at Innsbruck Olympics again on this day ) to 4/16/1970 ( planned lunar landing date for Apollo 13 ) is: 2261 days
From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 5/12/1965 ( I am active duty U.S. Navy aviator ) is: 2261 days
From 1/29/1964 ( my first day as competitor at Innsbruck Olympics where I won Olympic gold medals ) to 4/16/1970 ( planned lunar landing date for Apollo 13 ) is: 2269 days
From 4/16/1970 ( planned lunar landing date for Apollo 13 ) to 7/2/1976 ( I intercepted the comet in the outer solar system and set to work at diverting it ) is: 2269 days
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/14/newsid_2780000/2780767.stm
1970: Critical explosion cripples Apollo 13
The Apollo 13 mission was to have been man's third Moon landing. The spacecraft was due to land in the Fra Mauro area of the Moon on Thursday 16 April.
http://www.cswap.com/2004/I,_Robot/cap/en/25fps/a/00_40
I, Robot
:40:03
Are you crazy?
:40:06
Why are we talking about cats?
:40:08
Because I have a cat in my trunk.
And he's homeless.
:40:13
Detective, are you going to
tell me what's going on?
:40:15
You know, it's actually probably my fault...
I think I'm
:40:18
like a malfunction magnet. Because your
shit keeps malfunctioning around me.
:40:23
A demo bot just tore
through Lanning's house.
:40:26
With me still inside.
:40:28
That's highly improbable.
:40:30
Mmm, ya I'm sure it is.
