https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Sts-58_pad.jpg
From 4/21/1926 ( my biological paternal grandmother Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II ) To 9/18/1985 ( premiere US TV series "The Equalizer" ) is 21700 days
21700 = 10850 + 10850
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 7/18/1995 is 10850 days
[ See also: http://hvom.blogspot.com/2015/11/melinda.html ]
http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=1995_1286636
chron Houston Chronicle Archives
Attorneys paint different views of Smith in opener
RICK BRAGG New York Times
WED 07/19/1995 HOUSTON CHRONICLE
UNION, S.C. - The prosecution urged the jurors at the Susan Smith trial to hold on to their common sense in the weeks ahead, and they would come to see Smith as a selfish, malicious killer who sacrificed her children for the love of the son of a rich industrialist.
The defense begged them to look into their hearts and, through that softer focus, find a disturbed, childlike figure who, after a lifetime of sadness, snapped like a dry twig.
As simplistic as those opposing views might seem, they will be the crux of the next month of testimony in Smith's capital murder trial, which officially began Tuesday with opening statements in the elegant old Union County Courthouse.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/barack-obamas-dreams-from-my-father-is-published
HISTORY.COM
JULY 18 THIS DAY IN HISTORY
Jul 18, 1995:
Barack Obama's "Dreams from My Father" is published
On this day in 1995, “Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance,” a memoir by a little-known law professor named Barack Obama, is published.
http://www.amazon.com/Dreams-My-Father-Story-Inheritance/dp/081292343X/ref=ed_oe_h
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance (Hardcover)
by Barack Obama (Author)
Publisher: Times Books; 1st edition (July 18, 1995)
ISBN-10: 081292343X
ISBN-13: 978-0812923438
http://www.tv.com/shows/the-expanse/windmills-3309568/
tv.com
The Expanse Season 1 Episode 7
Windmills
Aired Tuesday 10:00 PM Jan 19, 2016 on Syfy
AIRED: 1/19/16
http://www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk/view_episode_scripts.php?tv-show=the-expanse-2015&episode=s01e07
Springfield! Springfield!
The Expanse
s01e07
" And I thought we were done with the bullshit.
How about this one? James Holden was conceived by a cult of political extremists as a trick for eight people to claim generational land rights.
http://www.britannica.com/biography/Francis-Collins
Encyclopædia Britannica
Francis Collins
American geneticist
A practicing Christian, Collins freely expressed the awe he experienced as a leader in the uncloaking of one of the mysteries of life.
in July 2000, Collins urged the passage of federal law to set guidelines on how individuals’ genetic information could be handled. “The potential for mischief is quite great,” he said.
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/625502/J-Craig-Venter
Encyclopædia Britannica
J. Craig Venter
J. Craig Venter, in full John Craig Venter (born Oct. 14, 1946, Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.), American geneticist, biochemist, and businessman who pioneered new techniques in genetics and genomics research and headed the private-sector enterprise, Celera Genomics, in the Human Genome Project (HGP).
TIGR and Celera Genomics
Venter left the NIH in 1992 and, with the backing of the for-profit company Human Genome Sciences, in Gaithersburg, Md., established a research arm, The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR). At the institute a team headed by American microbiologist Claire Fraser, Venter’s first wife, sequenced the genome of the microorganism Mycoplasma genitalium.
In 1995, in collaboration with American molecular geneticist Hamilton Smith of Johns Hopkins University, in Baltimore, Md., Venter determined the genomic sequence of Haemophilus influenzae, a bacterium that causes earaches and meningitis in humans. The achievement marked the first time that the complete sequence of a free-living organism had been deciphered, and it was accomplished in less than a year.
In 1998 Venter founded Celera Genomics and began sequencing the human genome. Celera relied on whole genome “shotgun” sequencing, a rapid sequencing technique that Venter had developed while at TIGR. The shotgun technique is used to decode small sections of DNA (about 2,000–10,000 base pairs [bp] in length) of an organism’s genome. These sections are later assembled into a full-length genomic sequence. This is in contrast to older genome sequencing techniques, in which a physical map of an organism’s genome is generated by ordering of segments of chromosomes before sequencing begins; sequencing then entails the analysis of long, 150,000 bp sections of DNA. Celera began decoding the human genome at a faster rate than the government-run HGP. Venter’s work was viewed at first with skepticism by the NIH-funded HGP group, led by geneticist Francis Collins; nevertheless, at a ceremony held in Washington, D.C., in 2000, Venter, Collins, and U.S. Pres. Bill Clinton gathered to announce the completion of a rough draft sequence of the human genome. The announcement emphasized that the sequence had been generated through a concerted effort between Venter’s private company and Collins’s public research consortium. The HGP was completed in 2003.
In addition to the human genome, Venter contributed to the sequencing of the genomes of the rat, mouse, and fruit fly. In 2006 he founded the J. Craig Venter Research Institute (JCVI), a not-for-profit genomics research support organization. In 2007, researchers funded in part by the JCVI successfully sequenced the genome of the mosquito Aedes aegypti, which transmits the infectious agent of yellow fever to humans.
JCVI and synthetic biology
JCVI scientists were also fundamental in pioneering the field of synthetic biology. In this effort, Venter was again in collaboration with Smith, who headed the organization’s synthetic biology and bioenergy research group. In 2008 Venter, Smith, and their JCVI colleagues created a full-length synthetic genome identical to the naturally occurring genome of the bacterium Mycoplasma genitalium. Two years later, Venter and his team created a synthetic copy of the genome of another bacterium, M. mycoides, and demonstrated that the synthetic genome was functional by transplanting it into a cell of the species M. capricolum. The recipient cell not only survived the transplantation procedure but also assumed the phenotypic characteristics dictated by the M. mycoides genome.
While the synthetic research conducted by Venter and JCVI scientists was considered scientifically groundbreaking, it also raised significant concerns, particularly about the potential risks associated with the release of synthetic organisms into the environment. Nonetheless, Venter believed that synthetic organisms would ultimately prove beneficial, particularly as sources for alternative energy production.
From 10/14/1946 ( John Craig Venter ) To 9/14/2002 is 20424 days
20424 = 10212 + 10212
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 10/18/1993 ( the launch of the US space shuttle Columbia orbiter vehicle mission STS-58 includes me Kerry Wayne Burgess the United States Marine Corps officer and United States STS-58 pilot astronaut ) is 10212 days
From 3/15/1937 ( H.P. Lovecraft dead ) To 9/14/2002 is 23924 days
23924 = 11962 + 11962
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 8/3/1998 ( Tom Clancy "Rainbow Six" ) is 11962 days
From 11/30/1925 ( William Henry Gates II the biological father of Microsoft Bill Gates and the biological brother of Mary Gates the biological mother of Microsoft Bill Gates ) To 10/12/1962 ( premiere US TV series episode "Route 66"::"Ever Ride the Waves in Oklahoma?" ) is 13465 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 9/14/2002 is 13465 days
From 3/16/1991 ( my first successful major test of my ultraspace matter transportation device as Kerry Wayne Burgess the successful Ph.D. graduate Columbia South Carolina ) To 9/14/2002 is 4200 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 5/3/1977 ( Jimmy Carter - Ethics in Government Message to the Congress ) is 4200 days
From 5/4/1954 ( premiere US film "Prisoner of War" ) To 3/16/1991 ( my first successful major test of my ultraspace matter transportation device as Kerry Wayne Burgess the successful Ph.D. graduate Columbia South Carolina ) is 13465 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 9/14/2002 is 13465 days
From 6/1/1950 ( premiere US film "Hills of Oklahoma" ) To 9/14/2002 is 19098 days
19098 = 9549 + 9549
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 12/25/1991 ( as United States Marine Corps chief warrant officer Kerry Wayne Burgess I was prisoner of war in Croatia ) is 9549 days
From 6/16/1989 ( premiere US film "Ghostbusters II" ) To 9/14/2002 is 4838 days
4838 = 2419 + 2419
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 6/17/1972 ( the Watergate burglary ) is 2419 days
From 7/27/1939 ( William Eggleston ) To 6/7/1976 ( my biological brother Thomas Reagan the civilian and privately financed astronaut in deep space of the solar system in his privately financed atom-pulse propulsion spaceship this day was his first landing the Saturn moon Phoebe and the Saturn moon Phoebe territory belongs to my brother Thomas Reagan ) is 13465 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 9/14/2002 is 13465 days
[ See also: http://hvom.blogspot.com/2016/02/phoebe.html ]
[ See also: http://hvom.blogspot.com/2016/02/the-equalizer.html ]
http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20020917&slug=dige17m
The Seattle Times
Tuesday, September 17, 2002
Local Digest
Gates family adds baby girl
SEATTLE — Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates and his wife, Melinda, are parents for the third time.
Phoebe Adelle Gates was born Saturday at Overlake Hospital Medical Center in Bellevue.
http://www.tv.com/shows/route-66/ever-ride-the-waves-in-oklahoma-44888/
tv.com
Route 66 Season 3 Episode 4
Ever Ride the Waves in Oklahoma
Aired Friday 8:30 PM Oct 12, 1962 on CBS
AIRED: 10/12/62
JOURNAL ARCHIVE: From: Kerry Burgess
Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 3:49 PM
To: Kerry Burgess
Subject: Re: glare of spotlight
Kerry Burgess wrote:
[This could be the connection with what I said and what Dell did in 2003:]
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002725795_prestongates07m.html
Preston Gates traces its Seattle roots back to 1883. Its clients include powerful corporations such as Microsoft and Dell Computer as well as the Seattle Art Museum and Sound Transit.
[Corporate incest.]
[JOURNAL ARCHIVE 24 February 2006 excerpt ends]
http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19940610&slug=1914904
Friday, June 10, 1994
Mary Gates Dies -- Cancer Claims Longtime Seattle Civic Leader And Mother Of Microsoft Founder Bill Gates
By Paul Andrews
Mary Gates, one of Seattle's most prominent civic figures and the mother of Microsoft magnate Bill Gates
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sibling
Sibling
Siblings (also called sibs) are people who share at least one parent. A male sibling is called a brother; and a female sibling is called a sister.
http://www.nndb.com/people/600/000122234
William H. Gates, Sr.
AKA William Henry Gates, Sr.
Son: Bill Gates (software billionare, b. 28-Oct-1955)
Preston Gates & Ellis Partner (1964-98)
Member of the Board of Costco (2003-)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incest
Incest
Incest between an adult and a child is often a form of child sexual abuse and for many years has been the most reported form of incest. Father–daughter and stepfather–stepdaughter incest is the most commonly reported form of incest
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_gates
Bill Gates
William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955 in Seattle, Washington, USA) is an American business magnate, philanthropist, the world's third richest person (as of 2008), and chairman of Microsoft
JOURNAL ARCHIVE: From: Kerry Burgess
Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 3:49 PM
To: Kerry Burgess
Subject: Re: glare of spotlight
http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:cX5OTHSa1xAJ:www.landfield.com/isn/mail-archive/2000/May/0044.html+cia+%22michael+o%27neil%22&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=24&lr=lang_en
May 6, 2000
The latest probe into security lapses by former CIA Director John Deutch
could result in reprimands or stronger action against a number of
present and former senior CIA employees, intelligence officials said
Saturday.
Among targets of criticism are Tenet, former CIA General Counsel Michael O'Neil, former CIA Executive Director Nora Slatkin and what one intelligence official characterized as "a handful" of officials still at the Central Intelligence Agency.
The Deutch case gained renewed attention with subsequent disclosures
that at least three laptop computers, one with highly classified
material in its memory, disappeared from the State Department. Last
week's "Love Bug" e-mail virus, which infected scores of government
computers, further showed vulnerabilities of government computers.
The CIA said the "ILOVEYOU" virus showed up on fewer than a dozen
computers at the agency, none of which held classified information.
The CIA has two separate computer systems - one secure, one not.
Deutch, who concedes he unintentionally violated security rules, kept
classified CIA documents on home computers that also contained an
America Online account that he and other members of his family
routinely used to connect to the Internet.
[JOURNAL ARCHIVE 24 February 2006 excerpt ends]
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0309540/bio
IMDb
Biography for
Bill Gates
Date of Birth
28 October 1955, Seattle, Washington, USA
Birth Name
William Henry Gates III
Spouse
Melinda Gates (1 January 1994 - present) 3 children
Children: Jennifer Katharine (26 April 1996), son Rory John (23 May 1999), Phoebe Adele (14 September 2002)
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/transvestite
Dictionary.com
transvestite
a person, especially a male, who assumes the dress and manner usually associated with the opposite sex.
a person who seeks sexual pleasure from wearing clothes that are normally associated with the opposite sex
http://www.chakoteya.net/StarTrek/21.htm
Tomorrow is Yesterday [ Star Trek: The Original Series ]
Stardate: 3113.2
Original Airdate: 26 Jan, 1967
SPOCK: Poor choice of words on my part. I neglected, in my initial run-through, to correlate the possible contributions by offspring. I find, after running a crosscheck on that factor, that your son Colonel Shaun Geoffrey Christopher headed, or will head, the first successful Earth-Saturn probe, which is a rather significant
CHRISTOPHER: Wait a minute. I don't have a son.
MCCOY: You mean yet.
SPOCK: The doctor is correct. Unless we return Captain Christopher to Earth, There will be no Colonel Shaun Geoffrey Christopher to go to Saturn.
KIRK: Well, that's it, isn't it? We'll have to find some way of
CHRISTOPHER: A boy. I'm going to have a son.
http://www.twiztv.com/scripts/battlestar/season3/galactica-304.htm
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA
3X04 - EXODUS (2)
Original Airdate (SciFi): 20-OCT-2006
Chip Six, seeing Hera in Maya's arms: It's her, Gaius. The first of God's new generation.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0348150/quotes
IMDb
Superman Returns (2006)
Quotes
[Lex notices Jason staring at the Kryptonite in fear]
Lex Luthor: Who is that boy's father?
Lois Lane: Richard.
[Grant's voice comes over the intercom]
Grant: Mr. Luthor, we're approaching the coordinates.
Lex Luthor: [to Lois, ignoring Grant] Are you sure?
http://www.geni.com/people/William-Henry-Gates-Jr/6000000006276655050
GENi
William Henry Gates Jr.
William Henry Gates, II
Current Location:: Seattle, King, Washington, United States
Birthdate: November 30, 1925
William H Gates Jr
Collection: U.S. Public Records Index
Birth: Nov 30 1925
William Henry Gates
Collection: MyHeritage family trees
Birth: Nov 30 1925 - Bremerton, WA
http://www.oocities.org/elzj78/bsgminiseries.html
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: Miniseries (2003)
Doral: You mixed the samples up! I'm human!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083642/quotes
IMDb
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982)
Quotes
Miss Mona: Got no peckers?
[Ed shakes his head no]
Miss Mona: Well, I ain't interested. I don't think my girls would be either!
http://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Eggleston
Encyclopædia Britannica
William Eggleston
American photographer
William Eggleston, in full William Joseph Eggleston, Jr. (born July 27, 1939, Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.), American photographer whose straightforward depictions of everyday objects and scenes, many of them in the southern United States, were noted for their vivid colours, precise composition, and evocative allure. His work was credited with helping establish colour photography in the late 20th century as a legitimate artistic medium.
http://www.tv.com/shows/better-call-saul/cobbler-3346284/
tv.com
Better Call Saul Season 2 Episode 2
Cobbler
Aired Monday 10:00 PM Feb 22, 2016 on AMC
AIRED: 2/22/16
http://www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk/view_episode_scripts.php?tv-show=better-call-saul-2015&episode=s02e02
Springfield! Springfield!
Better Call Saul
Cobbler
Tell him to keep the lights low.
Even artificial lighting has a certain amount of ultraviolet radiation that can, uh, you know - Over the long term - Yeah.
Um, can you just remind us exactly where you kept your cards in the house? Yeah, well, uh, as I was trying to say, it's no longer an issue.
I found them.
So you found the cards? Uh, yep.
I just wanted to come down and tell you, you know, in person.
You found them? Where? Around the house? No.
I, uh, I hired a private investigator, and he tracked them down.
So, yeah.
Really? So, where were they? You know, it's fine.
It is.
I really I ought to get out of your hair.
Uh, you've wasted enough time on me.
http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19981207&slug=2787735
The Seattle Times
Monday, December 7, 1998
Microsoft Trial -- South Carolina Pulls Out -- Aol-Netscape Deal Makes Case Moot, Prosecutor Says
By Jay Greene, James V. Grimaldi
Seattle Times Staff Reporters
South Carolina's attorney general broke ranks with 19 other states today and ended the state's pursuit of antitrust claims against Microsoft.
http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19981207&slug=2787736
The Seattle Times
Monday, December 7, 1998
Gates: Smile Would Have Helped, But He Told Truth
By James V. Grimaldi
Seattle Times Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON - Bill Gates said he wished he'd smiled more during his videotaped deposition taken before the Microsoft antitrust trial started
http://www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk/view_episode_scripts.php?tv-show=better-call-saul-2015&episode=s02e02
Springfield! Springfield!
Better Call Saul
Cobbler
So, fully clothed Mr.
Wormald by himself doing what? Yeah, come on, man.
What? [Sighs] Squat cobbler.
What's a s-squat cobbler? Squat cobbler.
You know what squat cobbler is.
No, I don't I don't know what a squat cobbler is.
No, me neither.
What is it? What? And you two guys are cops? Hoboken squat cobbler.
Full moon moon-pie.
Boston cream splat.
[Chuckles] Seriously?
http://www.oocities.org/elzj78/bsgminiseries.html
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: Miniseries (2003)
(Tigh, Apollo and Baltar are gathered around a table.)
Tigh: Ship's doctors say that at first glance, everything in Leoben's body appears human. Internal organs, lymphatic system, the works.
Baltar: Right, well the tissue sample yielded unique chemical compounds during the cremation that reveal the nature of the sample to be synthetic. (He feigns surprise.) So he was a Cylon?
http://www.oocities.org/elzj78/bsgminiseries.html
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: Miniseries (2003)
Adama: Yes, he was. And now we have a problem.
Tigh: A big one.
Adama: If the Cylons look like us, then any one of us could be a Cylon.
Baltar: That's, that's a very frightening possibility.
Adama: We need a way to screen human from Cylon. And that's where you come in.
Baltar: Me? Umm...
Tigh: Rumor has it you're a genius.
Baltar: Well, I, well, uh, I'll certainly give it my all. Commander.
Tigh: Keep this to yourself for now. We don't want to start panic or for people to start accusing their neighbors of being Cylons because they don't brush their teeth in the morning.
Baltar: I'll be very discreet.
http://www.twiztv.com/scripts/battlestar/season3/galactica-307.htm
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA
3X07 - A MEASURE OF SALVATION (2)
Original Airdate (SciFi): 10-NOV-2006
Sick Eight, to Athena: Traitor. Save yourself.
Athena: From what?
Six: Get away from us.
Athena: What happened here?
Six: A beacon. We brought it aboard. Carried disease. We're infected.
Athena: Infected?
Mathias: Oh, son of a bitch!
Apollo: Okay, okay, okay! Settle down! Keep back! Watch the doorways. Get the doorways!
(Cylons moaning, Athena stares at her hands.)
Apollo: Galactica, Apollo. We have a situation down here. The Cylons have been infected with a disease. We have all been exposed. We've all been exposed.
http://www.twiztv.com/scripts/battlestar/season3/galactica-307.htm
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA
3X07 - A MEASURE OF SALVATION (2)
Original Airdate (SciFi): 10-NOV-2006
Galactica interrogation room.
Simon, in a collar: It infected everything. Baseship. Centurions. Raiders. Until we were finally abandoned by the other Cylon ships.
Apollo: Why? Why not just put you under quarantine until they found a cure?
Simon, breathing hard: Fear of spreading the disease. They told us that there was a bioelectric feedback component to the pathogen. It corrupts how our brains manage our immune systems. If one of us dies and is resurrected, the disease will follow, infecting the resurrection ship, and the Fleet.
http://www.twiztv.com/scripts/battlestar/season3/galactica-307.htm
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA
3X07 - A MEASURE OF SALVATION (2)
Original Airdate (SciFi): 10-NOV-2006
Galactica: Agathon quarters.
Helo: How?
Athena: Cottle said it had something to do with carrying a half-human child. How the fetal blood cells enter the maternal circulatory system, causing the mother to create antibodies … whatever. I'm immune!
2002 film "The Time Machine"
Vox: There was one Eloi who managed to escape. He told me everything. We spent years together, just talking. The conversation's a little spotty now, but I do remember. It's good to have a friend.
Alexander Hartdegen: Then you can help us find the Morlocks, find Mara.
Vox: And if the truth is so horrible, it will haunt your dreams for all time?
2002 film "The Time Machine" DVD video:
00:59:52
Professor Alexander Hartdegen: And how do those below survive?
Vox: That is the real question, isn't it? [ winks at Kalen: ] Baaaaa.
Professor Alexander Hartdegen: I don't believe it.
Vox: Well, if you don't like the answers, you should avoid asking the questions.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-58.html
NASA
Space Shuttle
STS-58
Mission: SLS-2
Space Shuttle: Columbia
Launch Pad: 39B
Launched: October 18, 1993 10:53 a.m. EDT
Landing Site: Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
Landing: November 1, 1993. 07:05:42 a.m. PST
Landing Weight: 229,753 pounds
Runway: 22
Rollout Distance: 9,640 feet
Rollout Time: 61 seconds
Revolution: 225
Mission Duration: 14 days, 0 hours, 12 minutes, 32 seconds
Returned to KSC: November 9, 1993
Orbit Altitude: 155 nautical miles
Orbit Inclination: 39 degrees
Miles Traveled: 5.8 million
Crew Members
Image above: STS-58 Crew photo with Commander John E. Blaha, Pilot Richard A. Searfoss Mission Specialists M. Rhea Seddon, William S. McArthur, Jr., David A. Wolf, Shannon W. Lucid and Payload Specialist Martin Fettman. Image Credit: NASA
Launch Highlights
STS-58 Mission Patch First launch attempt on Oct. 14 was scrubbed at the T-31 second mark due to a failed range safety computer. Second launch attempt on Oct. 15 scrubbed at the T-9 minute mark due to a failed S-band transponder on the orbiter. The launch was reset for Oct. 18. Countdown proceeded smoothly to liftoff, delayed only by several seconds because of an aircraft in launch zone.
Mission Highlights
Second dedicated Spacelab Life Sciences mission (SLS- 2). Fourteen experiments conducted in four areas: regulatory physiology, cardiovascular/cardiopulmonary, musculoskeletal and neuroscience. Eight of the experiments focused on crew; six on 48 rodents. Crew collected more than 650 different samples from themselves and rodents, increasing statistical base for life sciences research. Combined data from SLS-1 and SLS-2 will help build comprehensive picture of how humans and animals adapt to weightlessness.
Cardiovascular investigations: Inflight Study of Cardiovascular Deconditioning; Cardiovascular Adaptation to Zero Gravity; Pulmonary Function during Weightlessness. Regulatory physiology investigations: Fluid Electrolyte Regulation during Space flight; Regulation of Blood Volume during Space flight; Regulation of Erythropoiesis in Rats during Space flight; Influence of Space flight on Erythrokinetics in Man. Musculoskeletal investigations: Protein Metabolism during Space flight; Effects of Zero Gravity on the Functional and Biochemical Properties of Antigravity Skeletal Muscle; Effects of Microgravity on the Electron Microscopy, Histochemistry and Protease Activities of Rat Hindlimb Muscles; Pathophysiology of Mineral Loss during Space flight; Bone, Calcium and Spaceflight. Neuroscience investigations: Study of the Effects of Space Travel on Mammalian Gravity Receptors; Vestibular Experiments in Spacelab.
For one of the neurovestibular experiments, the Rotating Dome Experiment, crew worked with first flight prototype of Astronaut Science Advisor (ASA), a laptop computer designed to assist astronauts conducting experiments; also called "principal investigator in a box" because it can increase efficiency of experiment activities.
Six rodents were killed and dissected during mission, yielding first tissue samples collected in space and not altered by re-exposure to Earth's gravity.
Other experiments: Orbital Acceleration Research Experiment (OARE); Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment (SAREX). Also performed: Pilot Inflight Landing Operations Trainer (PILOT), portable laptop computer simulator to allow pilot and commander to maintain proficiency for approach and landing during longer missions.
- posted by H.V.O.M - Kerry Wayne Burgess 03:44 AM Pacific Time Spokane Valley Washington USA Monday 29 February 2016
