https://science.ksc.nasa.gov/mirrors/images/html/STS49.htm
https://science.ksc.nasa.gov/mirrors/images/html/STS49.htm
From 8/6/1961 ( John Kennedy - Letter to the Director, Bureau of the Budget, Concerning Contracts With Private Enterprises for the Government's Scientific and Technical Work ) To 1/27/1987 ( as Kerry Burgess my official United States Navy documents includes: "Date Enrolled" Terrier Mk152 Guided-missiles Fire Control Computer Complex, Naval Guided Missiles School, Dam Neck, Virginia ) is 9305 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA as Kerry Burgess ) To 4/25/1991 is 9305 days
From 4/6/1967 ( premiere US TV series episode "Star Trek"::"The City on the Edge of Forever" ) To 4/25/1991 is 8785 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA as Kerry Burgess ) To 11/21/1989 ( Los Angeles Times "Delay Sought in Producing Reagan's Records" ) is 8785 days
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http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/shuttleoperations/orbiters/endeavour-info.html
NASA
Kennedy Space Center
Space Shuttle Overview: Endeavour (OV-105)
Construction Milestones
February 15, 1982 Start structural assembly of Crew Module
July 31, 1987 Contract Award
September 28, 1987 Start structural assembly of aft-fuselage
December 22, 1987 Wings arrive at Palmdale, Calif. from Grumman
August 1, 1987 Start of Final Assembly
July 6, 1990 Completed final assembly
April 25, 1991 Rollout from Palmdale
star-trek-first-contact_01h06m48s.jpg
From 12/7/1941 ( the United States Navy Pacific Fleet severely damaged in the surprise attack at Pearl Harbor Hawaii ) To 5/7/1992 is 18414 days
18414 = 9207 + 9207
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA as Kerry Burgess ) To 1/17/1991 ( the date of record of my United States Navy Medal of Honor as Kerry Wayne Burgess chief warrant officer United States Marine Corps circa 1991 officially the United States Apache attack helicopter pilot ) is 9207 days
From 7/20/1946 ( Randy Romine [former step-father when I was child] ) To 5/7/1992 ( the first launch of the United States space shuttle Endeavour orbiter vehicle mission STS-49 includes me Kerry Wayne Burgess the United States Marine Corps officer and United States STS-49 pilot astronaut and my 1st official United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration orbital flight of 4 overall ) is 16728 days
16728 = 8364 + 8364
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA as Kerry Burgess ) To 9/26/1988 ( Los Angeles Time reports: Navy to End Tanker Convoy Duty in Persian Gulf ) is 8364 days
From 5/4/1931 ( Herbert Hoover - Message to Dedication Ceremonies for a Monument of Admiral Comte de Grasse at the Trocadero Palace in Paris, France ) To 5/11/1984 ( as Kerry Burgess my Ashdown Arkansas High School Class of 1984 graduation ceremony ) is 19366 days
19366 = 9683 + 9683
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA as Kerry Burgess ) To 5/7/1992 is 9683 days
From 6/3/1988 ( as Kerry Burgess my official United States Navy documents includes: Section 12. Campaign/Service and Other Awards - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal 88 Feb 13 - 88 Jun 03 ) To 5/7/1992 is 1434 days
1434 = 717 + 717
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA as Kerry Burgess ) To 10/20/1967 ( premiere US TV series episode "Star Trek"::"The Doomsday Machine" ) is 717 days
From 2/10/1960 ( Dwight Eisenhower - Remarks After Inspecting the Missile Test Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida ) To 8/15/1986 ( Ronald Reagan - Statement on the Building of a Fourth Shuttle Orbiter and the Future of the Space Program ) is 9683 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA as Kerry Burgess ) To 5/7/1992 is 9683 days
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http://articles.latimes.com/1992-05-08/news/mn-1910_1_space-station-assembly
Los Angeles Times
Shuttle Endeavour Blasts Off on Difficult Maiden Flight : Science: The mission includes three spacewalks, practice for space station assembly and rescue of a communications satellite.
May 08, 1992 ROBERT W. STEWART TIMES STAFF WRITER
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — Dodging gusty winds and threatening thunderstorms, the shuttle Endeavour, the nation's newest orbiter, found a hole in the clouds Thursday and blasted off on its maiden voyage.
Los Angeles Times
Family, Friends Always Knew That He Would Go Far : Space shuttle: Now Kevin Chilton's mom and dad are heading to Cape Canaveral to give the NASA pilot a big send-off for the maiden voyage of Endeavour.
May 03, 1992 BERNICE HIRABAYASHI TIMES STAFF WRITER
WESTCHESTER — Jim and Shirley Chilton of Westchester are off to Florida for a vacation. The Epcot Center and the golf, however, will be little more than distractions. The main event will be a visit to Cape Canaveral, where on Thursday their son, Kevin, is scheduled to blast off aboard the space shuttle Endeavour.
"We're just thrilled to be a part of it," Jim Chilton said. "This mission will contribute to science and mankind."
Kevin Chilton, 37, has been selected as the pilot of Endeavour for its maiden voyage. The new craft, named for the ship commanded by the 18th-Century British explorer Capt. James Cook, replaces the shuttle Challenger, which was destroyed in the 1986 explosion that killed six astronauts and teacher Christa McAuliffe.
"It isn't very often that a high school (has a) graduate in the astronaut program," Peterson said.
from my private journal as Kerry Burgess: July 31, 2006
There is also that memory I have written about before where I climbed up on Randy Romine's 100 foot HAM radio antenna. One time I went up there with my first model rocket, the one that was fashioned as R2D2 from Star Wars. Then it dawned on me a few hours later: Of course! R2D2 is shaped a lot like the external fuel tank and the solid-rocket boosters for the space shuttle.
https://twitter.com/kerrywburgess/status/1096586437825245184
Kerry Burgess
5:45 PM - 15 Feb 2019
http://articles.latimes.com/1987-10-25/news/mn-16392_1_special-operations …
"This kind of warfare is really not our strength," conceded one top Navy official. "It's psychological: It's at a relatively low order of force. And we're just not focused on that kind of warfare."
https://twitter.com/kerrywburgess/status/1096584556394688512
Kerry Burgess
5:38 PM - 15 Feb 2019
Kerry Burgess, 03/28/07 2:18 AM
the doctors had told Randy he would never walk again because he had stepped on a landmine. I am thinking he stepped on three landmines. I can "remember" finding his three Purple Hearts stored away on the top shelf of the closet in my bedroom.
https://twitter.com/kerrywburgess/status/1096588458011766784
Kerry Burgess
5:53 PM - 15 Feb 2019
Something else I only just now thought to check.
Just now discovered by me.
From 5/7/1992 ( the first launch of the United States space shuttle Endeavour orbiter vehicle mission STS-49 includes me Kerry Wayne Burgess the United States Marine Corps officer and United States STS-49 pilot astronaut and my 1st official United States of America National Aeronautics and Space Administration orbital flight of 4 overall ) To 7/31/2006 is 5198 days
5198 = 2599 + 2599
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 12/14/1972 ( my biological brother Thomas Reagan the United States Navy Commander circa 1972 was United States Apollo 17 Challenger spacecraft United States Navy astronaut walking on the planet Earth's moon ) is 2599 days
From 5/13/1992 ( the renowned STS-49 orbital EVA begins ) To 7/31/2006 is 5192 days
5192 = 2596 + 2596
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 12/11/1972 ( my biological brother Thomas Reagan the United States Navy Commander circa 1972 was United States Apollo 17 Challenger spacecraft United States Navy astronaut landing and walking on the planet Earth's moon ) is 2596 days
From 7/19/1989 ( the United Airlines Flight 232 crash in Sioux City Iowa and the end of Kerry Burgess the natural human being cloned from another human being ) To 7/31/2006 is 6221 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 11/14/1982 ( The New York Times "Astronaut is Sick; Space Walk Postponed Till Monday" ) is 6221 days
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from my private journal as Kerry Burgess: July 31, 2006
If I did fall out of the Columbia when it was landing from STS-1, I doubt I would actually remember it because I would have been traveling about 200 mph. I have been wondering if I had taken the parachute out of the backpack and held it under my arm. It probably acted as a drag chute that slowed me down enough to survive the fall, although I still would have been moving very fast.
http://articles.latimes.com/1988-09-27/news/mn-2746_1_arab-state
Los Angeles Times
Navy to End Tanker Convoy Duty in Persian Gulf : But Reagan Promises Arabs That U.S. Will Maintain Strong Presence There
September 27, 1988 NORMAN KEMPSTER Times Staff Writer
UNITED NATIONS — President Reagan ordered the Navy to end its tightly controlled convoys of U.S.-registered ships in the Persian Gulf on Monday, but he promised the ruler of Kuwait and representatives of other Arab states that the United States will maintain a substantial naval presence in the strategic waterway.
The White House announced that because the Iran-Iraq cease-fire has reduced the military threat in the gulf, the Navy no longer will accompany American-flagged merchant ships on every mile of their transit, although U.S. warships will remain in position to respond to any attack.
However, Reagan told Sheik Jabbar al Ahmed al Sabah, the ruler of Kuwait, that the United States has no immediate plans to reduce the size of its gulf fleet. A senior State Department official said the President added that there will be "no reduction in our determination to protect freedom of navigation."
Reagan, in New York for a farewell speech to the U.N. General Assembly, also met with the foreign ministers of Israel and Egypt in an effort to revive an American plan for an Arab-Israeli settlement. But he acknowledged that his Administration has made only limited progress in the Middle East peace process.
As he was posing for photos with Egyptian Foreign Minister Esmat Abdel Meguid and Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres, Reagan was asked if the failure to produce a new Middle East settlement was the greatest disappointment of his eight-year tenure. He replied, "I think all of us would have liked to make more progress than we did . . . but it's not a complete failure."
White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said the change in U.S. naval operations in the gulf was like switching from "man-to-man coverage to zone defense." He said tankers that were previously shadowed by U.S. warships throughout the 550-mile transit of the gulf now will be passed from zone to zone by naval ships that will keep in close radio communication and will be prepared to move swiftly to defend a ship in distress.
Called a Modification
Reagan described it as "a modification that will not reduce our ability to protect" ships flying the American flag, including Kuwaiti tankers that were re-registered in July, 1987, to bring them under naval protection.
A Defense Department official said tankers still will be accompanied through hazardous passages, such as the narrow Strait of Hormuz, where Iran has placed Silkworm anti-ship missiles, but would be allowed to travel on their own in less dangerous areas.
Senior Pentagon officials have made no secret of the fact that they hope to reduce the Navy's 27-ship escort armada as soon as possible without sending out the political signal that they are eager to abandon the gulf.
The Navy expects to pull one ship out shortly as a result of the change in convoy operations, officials said. At an average monthly cost of roughly $17 million, operating the escorts has been a drain on the Navy's increasingly tight budget.
Assistant Secretary of State Richard W. Murphy, the Administration's top Middle East expert, said that fighting in the gulf stopped as a result of the Iran-Iraq cease-fire that took effect Aug. 20. But he said negotiations aimed at establishing a durable peace have made very little progress, and "it would be foolish to make major changes in our force levels until those negotiations show some success."
Murphy, who attended Reagan's meeting with Sheik Jabbar and a later session with the Arab foreign ministers of the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council, said the Kuwaiti ruler told the President that it was up to the United States to determine its own naval presence but "what concerns us is that the sea lanes stay open."
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=14345
The American Presidency Project
Harry S. Truman
XXXIII President of the United States: 1945-1953
335 - Remarks at a Meeting of an Orientation Course Conducted by the CIA.
November 21, 1952
And I don't think many of you realize the position in which this great country is, in this day and age.
We are at the top, and the leader of the free world--something that we did not anticipate, something that we did not want, but something that has been forced on us. It is a responsibility which we should have assumed in 1920. We did not assume it then. We have to assume it now, because it has again been thrust on us.
It would then bring into the war not only the fighting men--the people who are trained as fighters-but the whole civilian population of every country involved would be more thoroughly exposed to death and destruction than would the men at the front.
That is what we have to think about carefully. You are the organization, you are the intelligence arm
- posted by Kerry Burgess 07:17 AM Pacific Time Spokane Valley Washington USA Thursday 06 June 2019
