by me, Kerry Burgess, 08/24/2024 11:12 AM
"Shift4"
Now, that's just dumb.
The typical, lameoid crap you would expect to hear from a lottery-winner, such as that guy or Elon Musk or Bill Gates and the others, such Bill Clinton and those other clowns
Uninspired, unimaginative, just lameoid.
He is obviously just a front-man for someone else, someone with the money to pay him and Elon Musk to be their clown, to entertain and distract the gullible, naive masses
The whole thing is probably being faked, not really happening as presented
Jared Isaacman
From Wikipedia
Jared Isaacman (born February 11, 1983) is an American entrepreneur, pilot, philanthropist, and space tourist. He is the founder of Draken International, a private air force provider and the founder and CEO of Shift4 Payments, a payment processor.
by me, Kerry Burgess, 04/08/2024 12:27 PM
Made the mistake of turning on the tv just before the solar-eclipse began over the middle of the USA. I was expecting the local live-tv news broadcast. A predicted 27% coverage here in the northwest and I didn't notice anything but wasn't examining it very closely
Instead, I had to listen to that ditzy bubblehead Norah and some even ditzier bubblehead guy from the CBS national morning news that I never watch
They must have him on there because he seems pervy
Their broadcast target audience is mostly women, I guess, so those pervy guys aren't threatening to that audience ("housewife" , polluter , breeder , poop-scoopers) of other bubbleheads
I had to mute it when I realized they would broadcast through noon. Only way that could have been worse is if it had been Katie Couric.
Then actor William Shatner and recent Jeff Bezos Wastefulnaut appears on the screen.
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/proclamation-5013-national-inventors-day-1983
Polaris Dawn
From Wikipedia
this mission will break the record for the most people in the vacuum of space at once, set during the STS-49 Shuttle mission when the only three-person EVA to date was performed, in an unplanned addition to the mission that came after a pair of previously unsuccessful EVAs and the hopes that three astronauts could complete a task that two could not.
excerpts
https://www.yahoo.com/news/finance/news/musks-spacex-testing-breakthrough-tech-100523229.html
Yahoo! News
Musk's SpaceX testing breakthrough tech in risky spacewalk
Joey Roulette
Fri, August 23, 2024 at 3:05 AM PDT
For SpaceX, which has pioneered cheap, reusable rockets and expensive private spaceflight, the mission is an opportunity to advance technologies
excerpts
https://www.yahoo.com/news/finance/news/musks-spacex-testing-breakthrough-tech-100523229.html
Yahoo! News
Musk's SpaceX testing breakthrough tech in risky spacewalk
Joey Roulette
Fri, August 23, 2024 at 3:05 AM PDT
"It gives us a very unique opportunity to test these vehicles in such a very unique environment," said Emmanuel Urquieta, vice chair for aerospace medicine at the University of Central Florida's internal medicine department.
While astronaut safety on NASA missions is rigorously overseen by the agency, there are no such U.S. standards or laws for spaceflight safety in private missions like Polaris.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/finance/news/musks-spacex-testing-breakthrough-tech-100523229.html
Yahoo! News
Musk's SpaceX testing breakthrough tech in risky spacewalk
Joey Roulette
Fri, August 23, 2024 at 3:05 AM PDT
Until now, walking into the empty expanse of space has only been attempted by government astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS), 250 miles (400 km) above Earth.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polaris_Dawn
Polaris Dawn
From Wikipedia
they will fire thrusters to will take them up to 1,400 kilometers (870 mi) away from Earth, the highest orbit of the planet ever flown by a crewed spacecraft, breaking the record set by Gemini 11, and the farthest anyone has been from Earth since NASA's Apollo program.
From 12/15/1941 ( Franklin Roosevelt, 32nd President of USA: Message to Congress on the History of Relations Between the United States and Japan ) To 7/4/1976 ( in deep solar-system space beyond planet Saturn and 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 comet nicknamed "Lucifer" - threatening extinction by death and destruction of all life on this planet Earth - in the outer solar system beyond planet Saturn and diverts it away from our planet Earth ) is 12620 days
12620 = 6310 + 6310
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 2/11/1983 ( ) is 6310 days
From 4/11/1962 ( from The Daily Princetonian publication, Princeton University: First Time at Princeton - Electronic Music Heard Here ) To 7/21/1979 ( my biological brother Thomas Reagan and my sister-in-law Phoebe Cates are lawfully married in the state of Vermont ) is 6310 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 2/11/1983 ( ) is 6310 days
From 8/13/1982 ( premiere USA film "Fast Times At Ridgemont High" ) To 2/11/1983 ( ) is 182 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 5/3/1966 ( from The Daily Princetonian publication, Princeton University: Weisskopf Explains 'Quantum' ) is 182 days
From 4/22/1933 ( from The Daily Princetonian publication, Princeton University: Graduate Students' Dance ) To 11/10/1967 ( premiere USA TV series episode "Star Trek"::"Metamorphosis" ) is 12620 days
12620 = 6310 + 6310
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 2/11/1983 ( ) is 6310 days
From 5/21/1969 ( from the thoughts in my conscious mind, coinciding with United States of America Veterans Affairs hospital psychiatric doctor medical drugs: the Princeton University doctor of medicine degree graduation of my biological brother Dr Thomas Reagan MD and in 1973 the law-doctorate graduate of University of Oxford, England ) To 2/11/1983 ( ) is 5014 days
5014 = 2507 + 2507
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 9/13/1972 ( Richard Nixon, 37th President of USA: Memorandum About Age Discrimination in Federal Employment. ) is 2507 days
From 2/24/1960 ( the first successful full range flight test of the United States Titan missile ) To 6/4/1977 ( the Victor Company of Japan (JVC) introduces the VHS format in the United States ) is 6310 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 2/11/1983 ( ) is 6310 days
From 8/14/1943 ( premiere USA film "This is the Army" ) To 3/3/1978 ( from New York Post publication: He's first human clone ) is 12620 days
12620 = 6310 + 6310
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 2/11/1983 ( ) is 6310 days
From 8/1/1980 ( premiere USA film "The Final Countdown" ) To 2/11/1983 ( ) is 924 days
924 = 462 + 462
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 2/7/1967 ( Lyndon Johnson, 36th President of USA: Special Message to the Senate on Transmitting the Treaty on Outer Space ) is 462 days
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/proclamation-5013-national-inventors-day-1983
The American Presidency Project
Ronald Reagan
40th President of the United States: 1981 ‐ 1989
Proclamation 5013 - National Inventors' Day, 1983
January 12, 1983
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Almost two hundred years ago, President George Washington recognized that invention and innovation were fundamental to the welfare and strength of the United States. He successfully urged the First Congress to enact a patent statute as expressly authorized by the U.S. Constitution and wisely advised that "there is nothing which can better deserve your patronage than the promotion of science . . ." In 1790, the first patent statute initiated the transformation of the United States from an importer of technology to a world leader in technological innovation.
Today, just as in George Washington's day, inventors are the keystone of the technological progress that is so vital to the economic, environmental, and social well-being of this country. Individual ingenuity and perseverance, spurred by the incentives of the patent system, begin the process that results in improved standards of living, increased public and private productivity, creation of new industries, improved public services, and enhanced competitiveness of American products in world markets.
In recognition of the enormous contribution inventors make to the nation and the world, the Congress, pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 140 (Public Law 97-198), has designated February 11, 1983, the anniversary of the birth of Thomas Alva Edison, one of America's most famous and prolific inventors, as National Inventors' Day. Such recognition is especially appropriate at a time when our country is striving to maintain its global position as a leader in innovation and technology. Key to our future success will be the dedication and creativity of inventors.
Now, Therefore, I, Ronald Reagan, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim February 11, 1983, as National Inventors' Day and call upon the people of the United States to observe this day with appropriate ceremonies and activities.
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 12th day of Jan., in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty three, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and seventh.
Signature of Ronald Reagan
RONALD REAGAN
From 5/21/1969 ( from the thoughts in my conscious mind, coinciding with United States of America Veterans Affairs hospital psychiatric doctor medical drugs: the Princeton University doctor of medicine degree graduation of my biological brother Dr Thomas Reagan MD and the 1973 law-doctorate graduate of University of Oxford, England ) To 12/9/2003 ( premiere USA TV miniseries finale episode "Battlestar Galactica" ) is 12620 days
12620 = 6310 + 6310
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 2/11/1983 ( Ronald Reagan, 40th President of USA: from 01/12/1983: Proclamation 5013 - National Inventors' Day, 1983 ) is 6310 days
https://movieweb.com/movie-studios-tried-to-kill-the-very-tech-that-ended-up-saving-them/
https://www.westporttechmuseum.com/products/rca-portable-vhs-player-vhs-tapes-1977-2002
https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/92968/this-is-the-army#film-details
https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/719
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036430/releaseinfo/
IMDb
This Is the Army
Release info
United States August 14, 1943
Full Cast & Crew
Ronald Reagan ... Johnny Jones (as Lt. Ronald Reagan)
From 9/17/1974 ( the US Navy F-14 Tomcat jet-fighter aircraft enters active service in the US Navy fleet AND from the thoughts in my conscious mind, coinciding with United States of America Veterans Affairs hospital psychiatric doctor medical drugs: my biological brother US Navy Commander Thomas Reagan is the first US Navy F-14 Tomcat Commander, Air Group ) To 11/4/1996 is 8084 days
8084 = 4042 + 4042
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 11/26/1976 ( desperate for oxygen replenishment from loss due to accident months earlier, my biological brother Thomas Reagan the civilian and privately financed astronaut in solar system deep space in his privately financed atom-pulse propulsion spaceship this day makes his first landing the Jupiter moon Callisto - from his successful strike in the outer solar system beyond planet Saturn to divert comet nicknamed "Lucifer", threatening the existence by death and destruction of all life on this planet Earth ) is 4042 days
From 8/1/1980 ( premiere USA film "The Final Countdown" ) To 11/4/1996 is 5939 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 2/5/1982 ( premiere USA film "Personal Best" ) is 5939 days
From 11/10/1967 ( premiere USA TV series episode "Star Trek"::"Metamorphosis" ) To 11/4/1996 is 10587 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 10/28/1994 ( premiere USA film "Stargate" ) is 10587 days
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/releases/96/glcallis.html
NASA official website
PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE
JET PROPULSION LABORATORY
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
PASADENA, CALIF. 91109. TELEPHONE (818) 354-5011
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 4, 1996
GALILEO MAKES CLOSE PASS BY CALLISTO
For the first time, NASA's Galileo spacecraft flew close to Jupiter's moon Callisto this morning (Nov. 4), passing within 1,104 kilometers (686 miles) of the stark, crater-studded natural satellite at 13:34 Universal Time (5:34 a.m. Pacific Standard Time).
The flyby was by far the closest any spacecraft has ever come to Callisto, the outermost of the four big moons orbiting Jupiter
https://www.thetimes.com
https://papersofprinceton.princeton.edu/princetonperiodicals/?a=d&d=Princetonian19620411-01.2.24&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------
https://papersofprinceton.princeton.edu/princetonperiodicals/?a=d&d=Princetonian19660503-01.2.16&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------
http://hvom.blogspot.com/2024/08/today-is-08152024-post-1.html
by me, Kerry Wayne Burgess, posted by me
"Metamorphosis" [ Star Trek ]
Original Airdate: Nov 10, 1967
NANCY Hedford, Federation Commissioner: What's happening? I demand to know.
fast-times-at-ridgemont-high-1982_00h-53m-40s
from the private journal of Kerry Burgess: 04/04/11 4:30 AM
From 11/2/1965 ( ) To 5/19/1981 ( ) is 5677 days
From 3/3/1959 ( date hijacked from me:my birthdate US ) To 9/17/1974 ( the United States Navy F-14 Tomcat fighter jet aircraft enters active service in the United States Navy fleet and I am the first United States Navy F-14 Tomcat Commander Air Group as United States Navy Commander Thomas Reagan ) is 5677 days
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=43837
Remarks at a White House Luncheon Honoring the Astronauts of the Space Shuttle Columbia
May 19, 1981
The President. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome. And before we say anything at all or I make any remarks because there are many here who probably don't know that in addition to the men we're honoring today, that there are in our midst, as a great part of this audience, many who have been those pioneers out into space, our astronauts going back to the very beginning of the program. Could I ask that all of you who fit that description, all of you, to please stand up?
Well, we're in very distinguished company, believe me. Commander Young and Captain Crippen, all the world held its breath in the silent moments of your reentry, and when we finally heard your voices again, all the world knew America had begun a new age.
Star Trek - "Metamorphosis" - tv-series Season 2 Episode 9, 11/10/1967
Episode Summary
When their shuttle is diverted to a planetoid, Kirk, Spock, and McCoy encounter Earth's Warp Drive pioneer, Zefram Cochrane, who appears to have survived there alone for 150 years.
(from internet transcript)
Star Trek - "Metamorphosis" - tv-series Season 2 Episode 9, 11/10/1967
(From the doorway, the three see a swirly thing which then disappears. Cochrane comes in with a tray of drinks.)
KIRK: What was that?
COCHRANE: Well, sometimes the light plays tricks on you. You'd be surprised what I've imagined I've seen around here sometimes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5oPZFDci80
YouTube
Moving in Stereo
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Star Trek - "Metamorphosis" - tv-series Season 2 Episode 9, 11/10/1967
KIRK: How do you do it?
COCHRANE: I just sort of clear my mind and it comes.
(He walks to the edge of the garden then stands with his eyes closed. The Companion appears, then moves to envelope him.)
KIRK: Bones, what do you make of that?
MCCOY: Almost a symbiosis of some kind, a sort of joining.
KIRK: Exactly what I think. Not exactly like a pet owner speaking to a beloved animal, would you say?
MCCOY: No, it's more than that.
KIRK: Agreed. More like love.
(The Companion vanishes, so Kirk and McCoy go over to Cochrane.)
MCCOY: Are you all right?
COCHRANE: Yes. It kind of drains me a little, but I'm all right.
Star Trek - "Metamorphosis" - tv-series Season 2 Episode 9, 11/10/1967
COCHRANE: Captain, why did you build that translator with a feminine voice?
KIRK: We didn't.
COCHRANE: But I heard
KIRK: The idea of male and female are universal constants, Cochrane. There's no doubt about it. The Companion is female.
COCHRANE: I don't understand.
MCCOY: You don't? A blind man could see it with a cane. You're not a pet. You're not a specimen kept in a cage. You're a lover.
COCHRANE: I'm a what?
SPOCK: Her attitude when she approaches you is profoundly different than when she contacts us. Her appearance is soft, gentle. Her voice is melodic, pleasing. I do not totally understand the emotion, but it obviously exists. The Companion loves you.
COCHRANE: Do you know what you're saying? For all these years, I've let something as alien as that crawl around inside me, into my mind, my feelings.
KIRK: What are you complaining about? It kept you alive.
COCHRANE: That thing fed on me. It used me. It's disgusting.
MCCOY: There's nothing disgusting about it. It's just another life form, that's all. You get used to those things.
COCHRANE: You're as bad as it is.
SPOCK: Your highly emotional reaction is most illogical. Your relationship with the Companion has for one hundred and fifty years been emotionally satisfying, eminently practical, and totally harmless. It may indeed have been quite beneficial.
COCHRANE: Is this what the future holds? Men who have no notion of decency or morality? Maybe I'm a hundred and fifty years out of style, but I'm not going to be fodder for any inhuman monster. (leaves)
SPOCK: Fascinating. A totally parochial attitude.
NANCY: Doctor. Doctor.
MCCOY: Right here, Miss Hedford.
NANCY: I heard him. He was loved and he resents it.
MCCOY: You just rest.
NANCY Hedford, Federation Commissioner: No. I don't want to die. I've been good at my job, but I've never been loved. Never. What kind of life is that? Not to be loved, never to have shown love? And he runs away from love. (cries)
- by me, Kerry Wayne Burgess, posted by me: 7:04 PM Pacific-timezone USA Saturday 08/24/2024
