http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=18616
The American Presidency Project
George Bush
XLI President of the United States: 1989 - 1993
Remarks to Employees of the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama
June 20, 1990
Dick, Admiral Truly, I'm very glad to be here. Let me just say something very personal: I can't tell you how fortunate the country is to have Admiral Truly lead NASA through these very exciting times. I salute him, and I'm very grateful to him. And I'm pleased to be here with the Governor of this State, a man whose unwavering support for the space program is so well-known. I want to thank Jack Lee, the director of this center and my tour guide today. I'm grateful to him. There is no quiz.
George Bush: If there was I would probably fail
George Bush: Many an American schoolkid has read the story of Columbus' doubters and shook their heads in disbelief that these naysayers could have been so shortsighted.
George Bush: We must not let the children of the future shake their heads at our behavior.
https://www.public.navy.mil/bupers-npc/reference/messages/Documents/ALNAVS/ALN2014/ALN14025.txt
United States Navy official website
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RMKS/1. Effective 1 January 2014, Navy Reserve members are eligible for the Navy Good Conduct Medal (NGCM) as set forth in the amended award criteria in paragraph (2) below. Additionally, the Naval Reserve Meritorious Service Medal will no longer be awarded. Reserve service prior to 1 January 2014 earned towards the Naval Reserve Meritorious Service Medal may be applied towards award of the Navy Good Conduct Medal. These changes will be incorporated in the next revision of Ref (a).
2. Article 420.2 of Ref (a) shall now read as follows:
"2. Navy Good Conduct Medal
a. Authorization. The NGCM was established by SECNAV on 26 April 1869 to recognize the "all-around" good Navy enlisted person, well qualified in all phases of conduct and performance. Effective 1 February 1971, commanding officers were delegated authority to award the NGCM. Effective 1 January 2014, Navy Reserve personnel who meet the Reserve eligibility requirements are authorized the NGCM. The CNO has review authority over the NGCM and designates specific criteria for the award.
b. Eligibility Requirements
(1) Period of Service. In accordance with NAVADMIN 305/95, subsequent to 1 January 1996, any three years of continuous active or Reserve service as an enlisted person in the Navy or Navy Reserve. For the period 1 November 1963 through 31 December 1995, inclusive, the qualifying eligibility period is four years.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Conduct_Medal_(United_States)
From 3/9/1964 ( the debut of the Ford Mustang automobile ) To 10/25/1988 is 8996 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 6/20/1990 is 8996 days
From 3/9/1960 ( premiere US TV series pilot "Pony Express" ) To 10/25/1984 ( from my official United States Navy documents: "You received CO's NJP for this offense" ) is 8996 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 6/20/1990 is 8996 days
From 7/4/1976 ( at extreme personal risk to himself my biological brother Thomas Reagan the civilian and privately financed astronaut in his privately financed atom-pulse propulsion spaceship successfully intercepts the Comet Lucifer in the outer solar system and diverts it away from the planet Earth ) To 6/20/1990 is 5099 days
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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 6/20/1990 is 8996 days
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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 6/20/1990 is 8996 days
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=18616
The American Presidency Project
George Bush
XLI President of the United States: 1989 - 1993
Remarks to Employees of the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama
June 20, 1990
Dick, Admiral Truly, I'm very glad to be here. Let me just say something very personal: I can't tell you how fortunate the country is to have Admiral Truly lead NASA through these very exciting times. I salute him, and I'm very grateful to him. And I'm pleased to be here with the Governor of this State, a man whose unwavering support for the space program is so well-known. I want to thank Jack Lee, the director of this center and my tour guide today. I'm grateful to him. There is no quiz. If there was I would probably fail, because I am mightily impressed with the dedicated NASA workers, men and women, young and old, who are doing such a superb job on the cutting edge of science.
I was sorry we were a little late getting started. These arrangements affect everything. Even I couldn't find a parking place. [Laughter] Reminds me of my days in college. Everybody would gather around to get cooled off watching me strike out.
But nevertheless, I really am pleased to be back in Alabama, back in Huntsville. And I'm very proud of this State, proud of this special facility. The Marshall Space Flight Center is the birthplace of America's first satellite, America's first space station, and the world's first Moon rocket; and it was here with Saturn 5 that humankind began its historic journey to the stars.
Because of these traditions, Huntsville has a special importance to America and, indeed, to the entire world. And it has a special importance to me, as well. It was to Huntsville that I journeyed in the fall of 1987 to give a campaign -- for me, at least, a first major address on space. And on that October day 2 1/2 years ago, I promised to create a National Space Council, chaired by the Vice President. I pledged to underwrite Mission to Planet Earth, to boost space science, and to launch a dynamic new program of both manned and unmanned exploration of the solar system.
And today I'm pleased to return to Marshall to report that we have made good on these promises. And we've done it the old-fashioned way, done it the American way -- step by step, program by program, all adding up to the most ambitious and far-reaching effort since Marshall and Apollo took America to the Moon.
The Space Council I proposed is not only up and running but under the dynamic leadership of our Vice President. It's leading the way into the 21st century. Mission to Planet Earth, a bold and unprecedented initiative to preserve our precious environmental heritage, has been plucked off the drawing board and placed in the hands of the scientists who will make it happen. And now that the shuttle program has put America back in space, we stand at the dawn of a new era in space science, with wonders like that magnificent Hubble Space Telescope and the fantastic voyage of Galileo to Jupiter.
Exactly 11 months ago, I was at the Air and Space Museum in Washington to commemorate a special anniversary for you who work at the Marshall Space Flight Center: the 20th anniversary of Apollo 11's thunderous journey to the Moon. And standing with Neil Armstrong and dozens of other astronauts, I announced three major space policy objectives: first, to have space station Freedom up before the century is out, and second, for the new century, a permanent lunar base. And we're going back to the Moon, back to the future, and this time back to stay. And the third objective was refined last month in Texas, where I went to announce a new age of exploration with not only a goal but a 30-year timetable. I declared -- permit me to read it again -- before Apollo celebrates the 50th anniversary of its landing on the Moon, the American flag should be planted on Mars.
Being first in space is not just America's dream: it is indeed our destiny. And to see this happen, we're matching rhetoric with resources. Our budget proposes $15.2 billion for NASA, an increase of nearly 25 percent and the largest increase for any major agency of the United States Government.
Now for the bad news. Unfortunately, not everyone on Capitol Hill shares this commitment to investing in America's future. And last week, the House Appropriations Subcommittee for Space voted to pull the plug on this historic undertaking, completely gutting the seed money we proposed for the Moon-Mars mission.
But you know, space used to be a bipartisan effort, just a plain American effort. And the last time a President visited Marshall, John F. Kennedy compared those who were uncertain about America's leadership in space to those in Queen Isabella's court who counseled, in effect, "Turn back. Leave the riches and rewards for other nations and braver hearts."
Some say the space program ought to wait, that we should only go forward once the social problems today are completely solved. But history proves that that attitude is self-defeating. Had Columbus waited until all the problems of his time were solved, the timbers of the Santa Maria would be rotting on the Spanish coast to this very day. And instead, he went forward, he ventured forth, and his travels brought Spain to the zenith of her stature as a nation.
Many an American schoolkid has read the story of Columbus' doubters and shook their heads in disbelief that these naysayers could have been so shortsighted. We must not let the children of the future shake their heads at our behavior. And right now, in the funding wars on Congress, we face a central question -- the question of whether America will continue to be a pioneering nation.
And when John F. Kennedy stood before the Congress in 1961 and spoke about the Moon, he spoke to a nation of pioneers. Now some in Congress appear ready to give up on that pioneering spirit, to turn their sights inward, to concede that America's days as a leader in space have passed. Well I, for one, am not ready to give up. America has always been and will always be a nation of pioneers. I may not be around in the year 2019, but all of you guys will, and a lot of people out here in this marvelous, young, vigorous work force will. And on that special day 30 years from now, I want you to think back to the commitment that we made here today as you look at the TV monitors, maybe right here at Marshall, and watch the first American plant his feet on Mars. It's going to happen. With your work and our support it is going to happen.
During the Apollo era, America's space efforts grew at unprecedented rates. The Government hired the biggest and the best scientific force in history, and colleges and universities swelled with applicants and graduates in science and engineering. And it produced a golden age of American technology and advancement, an age that, today, we can recapture and begin anew.
Wernher von Braun was the giant who, in a sense, put Huntsville on the map. And when someone asked him what it would take to build a rocket to reach the Moon, Von Braun replied simply, "The will to do it." And so, I'm here today at this monument to daring, this monument to imagination that Von Braun built, and call on the American Congress to step forth with the will that the moment requires. Don't postpone greatness. History tells us what happens to nations that forget how to dream. The American people want us in space. So, let us continue the dream for our students, for ourselves, and for all humankind.
Thank you for your dedicated work to this great country of ours. God bless the United States of America. Thank you for this warm, warm welcome. Thank you very much. Thank you.
Note: The President spoke at 2:26 p.m. on the grounds of the Center.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964
1964
March 9 – The first Ford Mustang rolls off the assembly line at Ford Motor Company.
http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=15095
Media.Ford.com
FORD MUSTANG TURNS 40 WITH THREE SPECIAL EDITIONS, INCLUDING THE RETURN OF THE MACH 1
2003 New York Auto Show
NEW YORK, April 16, 2003 – On April 17, 1964, Ford unveiled the original long hood, short deck “pony car” – the Mustang – at the World’s Fair in Flushing Meadows, Queens.
The world debut of Mustang occurred at the World’s Fair in Flushing Meadows, New York on April 17, 1964. The price at launch: $2,368.
The first regular production Mustang was a Wimbledon White convertible with a 260-cubic inch V-8 that rolled off the assembly line on March 9, 1964.
http://www.tv.com/shows/pony-express/the-story-of-julesburg-660421/
tv.com
Pony Express Season 1 Episode 0
The Story Of Julesburg
Aired Mar 09, 1960
AIRED: 3/9/60
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079550/releaseinfo
IMDb
Meteor (1979)
Release Info
USA 19 October 1979
https://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/1990/90-007.txt
NASA official website
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
January 17, 1990 3:00 p.m. EST
Johnson Space Center, Houston
RELEASE: 90-7
1990 ASTRONAUT CANDIDATES SELECTED
https://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/1990/90-108.txt
NASA official website
August 6, 1990
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
RELEASE: 90-108
NASA SELECTS MICROGRAVITY MISSION PAYLOAD SPECIALIST CANDIDATES
https://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/1990/90-074.txt
NASA official website
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
May 31, 1990 3:30 P.M. EDT
RELEASE: 90-74
NASA ADMINISTRATOR ANNOUNCES EXPLORATION OUTREACH PROGRAM
NASA Administrator Richard H. Truly today announced that NASA has launched an Outreach Program to seek new and innovative ideas, systems and technologies to carry out the nation's Space Exploration Initiative (SEI). The Outreach Program is in response to Vice President Quayle's request to "cast the nets widely" for new approaches.
Truly today also announced the appointment of former astronaut Lt. Gen. Thomas P. Stafford, USAF (Retired), as Chairman of the Synthesis Group, which will play a key role in the Outreach Program. This group will study innovative ideas and recommend two or more significantly different alternative architectures, as well as technology priorities and early milestones. The group will report to Truly.
Truly said the SEI outreach program is "solid and thorough" and "will leave no stone unturned to reach out to the very best and brightest in our nation."
Posted by Kerry Burgess - H.V.O.M at 7:25 AM Tuesday, June 14, 2011
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustang_(military_officer)
Mustang (military officer)
A Mustang is United States Military slang for a commissioned officer who began his or her career as an enlisted service member. Mustangs are older and more experienced than their peers-in-grade who earned their commissions from one of the service academies (such as the United States Military Academy, United States Air Force Academy, or United States Naval Academy), Officer Candidate School, or the Reserve Officer Training Corps. During the Vietnam War, however, when some Army warrant officer pilots were offered a direct commission to 2nd or 1st Lieutenant, they were usually younger than 25 at the time of commission.
A United States Navy mustang can be a Chief Warrant Officer, a Limited Duty Officer, a Staff Officer, a Restricted Line Officer or an Unrestricted Line Officer, depending on their particular situation.
The original definition of a mustang was a military officer who had earned a battlefield commission; they were especially prevalent during World War II and the Korean War. Such notables include Audie Murphy (World War II) and David Hackworth (Korean War).
A mustang is currently defined[citation needed] by a continuity in military service from enlisted to officer (i.e., no break in military service). Being a slang term, there is no precise definition or set of criteria to determine which officers can properly be called a "mustang"; however, generally accepted as mustangs are those who earned a Good Conduct Medal
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