http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/mcauliffe.html
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
Houston, Texas 77058
Biographical Data
S. CHRISTA CORRIGAN MCAULIFFE
TEACHER IN SPACE PARTICIPANT (DECEASED)
PERSONAL DATA: Born September 2, 1948
NASA EXPERIENCE: Christa McAuliffe was selected as the primary candidate for the NASA Teacher in Space Project on July 19, 1985.
Stargate SG-1 - "Children of the Gods" - tv series premiere Season 1 Episode 1 - 07/27/1997
(from internet transcript, me)
O'NEILL: I've been here before.
OFFICER: (mismatched uniform insignia) Ah. Of course.
He presses a button, and the elevator doors close. They open on the lowest level, and O'Neill and the officer step out to meet Samuels, who is waiting for them.
SAMUELS: This way, sir.
Cut to Hammond's office. Hammond is looking over a report when Samuels pounds on the door.
HAMMOND: Come.
Samuels enters, with O'Neill right behind him.
SAMUELS: General Hammond, Colonel Jack O'Neill.
O'NEILL: Retired.
HAMMOND: I can see that. Me, I'm on my last tour; time to start getting my thoughts together. Maybe write a book. You ever think about writing a book about your exploits in the line of duty?
Battlestar Galactica - tv miniseries - 12/08/2003, 12/09/2003
(from internet transcript, me)
Tour guide: As I was saying, form follows function. Now, nowhere is this axiom of design more readily apparent than on board the world famous Battlestar Galactica. This ship, the last of her kind still in service, was constructed over fifty years ago in the early days of the Cylon War. Now originally there were twelve battlestars, each representing one of Kobol's Twelve Colonies. Galactica represented Caprica and was first commanded by Commander Dash-
(The camera moves away from the group, follows a passing officer and then finds Commander Adama, who is reading over a speech.)
Adama: (reading to himself) The Cylon War is long over, yet we must not forget the reasons why...
Random Captain: (salutes) Commander Adama, if I may?
Adama: Captain.
Captain: I just wanted to say what a pleasure it's been, serving with you in your command, sir.
Adama: Captain Kelly. It's been my honor. Good luck in your next [ (pause) ] assignment. (They shake hands.)
Captain: Thank you sir.
(He moves off. Adama goes back to reading his speech.)
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/letters-the-secretaries-the-military-departments-commending-reservists-the-eve-their
Battlestar Galactica - tv miniseries - 12/08/2003, 12/09/2003
Adama: The Cylon War is long over, yet we must not forget the reasons why so many sacrificed so much in the cause of freedom. The cost of wearing the uniform can be high, but... (pauses) Sometimes it's too high.
From: Kerry Burgess
Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2013 6:12 PM
To:
Subject:
I will see you on October 1st.
From 12/7/1979 ( premiere USA film "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" ) To 9/26/2013 ( for me personally as Kerry Burgess: my last day Seattle - my first night again Spokane Valley, Washington State, United States ) is 12347 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 8/23/1999 ( ) is 12347 days
From 9/27/2013 ( for me personally as Kerry Burgess: my first day at that apartment complex in Spokane Valley - The Homestead Apartments ) To 10/13/2021 ( ) is 2938 days
2938 = 1469 + 1469
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 11/10/1969 ( premiere USA film "Marooned" ) is 1469 days
From 2/2/1977 ( Jimmy Carter, 39th President of USA: Report to the American People - Remarks From the White House Library ) To 10/13/2021 ( ) is 16324 days
16324 = 8162 + 8162
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 3/8/1988 ( as me, Kerry Burgess, while enlisted paygrade E-5, designated Fire Controlman Petty Officer Second Class (FC2), my official enlisted US Navy documents includes: Terrier MK 152 guided-missiles Fire Control Computers Complex Operator (UNIVAC digital-computers Mk152 Terrier System for, primarily, SM2-ER {Extended Range} Standard Missiles ordnance) - CF-division, Missile Plot, USS Wainwright CG-28, US Navy, following my graduation Naval Missiles School, Dam Neck, Virginia ) is 8162 days
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Origin_NS-18
Blue Origin NS-18
From Wikipedia
Blue Origin NS-18 was a sub-orbital spaceflight mission operated by Blue Origin that launched on 13 October 2021.
The flight, carrying four people including actor William Shatner
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/jul/19/billionaires-space-tourism-environment-emissions
Katharine Gammon
Mon 19 Jul 2021 02.00 EDT
How the billionaire space race could be one giant leap for pollution
One rocket launch produces up to 300 tons of carbon dioxide into the upper atmosphere where it can remain for years
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Ship_(novel)
The Last Ship (novel)
From Wikipedia
The Last Ship is a 1988 post-apocalyptic fiction novel written by William Brinkley. The Last Ship tells the story of a United States Navy guided missile destroyer, the fictional USS Nathan James (DDG-80), on patrol in the Barents Sea during a brief, full-scale nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union. It details the ship's ensuing search for a new home for her crew.
An eponymous television series loosely based on the novel aired from 2014 to 2018 on the TNT network.
The story is told in a first-person point of view by the ship's commanding officer, "Thomas", whose full name is never revealed.
From 4/25/1987 ( James Chandler, Captain, US Navy, assumes command of USS Wainwright CG-28, US Navy, my second fleet permanent assignment, there from 1987 to 1990 ) To 5/9/2001 ( premiere USA TV series episode "Star Trek: Voyager"::"Homestead" ) is 5128 days
5128 = 2564 + 2564
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 11/9/1972 ( ) is 2564 days
From 11/9/1972 ( ) To 7/16/1994 ( biographical - Julian Schwinger dead {The Nobel Prize in Physics 1965} and also Comet Shoemaker-Levy event ) is 7919 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 7/9/1987 ( as me, Kerry Wayne Burgess, enlisted {non-commissioned officer} United States Navy Fire Controlman Petty Officer 2nd Class (FC2)(paygrade E-5), following my graduation Naval Missiles School, Dam Neck, Virginia, I arrived at my second US Navy fleet assignment the USS Wainwright CG-28, US Navy, for permanent duty until 1990 - CF-division, Missile Plot - guided-missiles Fire Control Computers Complex (UNIVAC digital-computers Mk152 Terrier System for, primarily, SM2-ER {Extended Range} Standard Missiles ordnance) ) is 7919 days
From 11/9/1972 ( ) To 12/9/1992 ( premiere USA film "A Few Good Men" AND from official State of South Carolina documents: "the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, have granted, bargained, sold, and released, and by these presents do grant, bargain, sell and release unto Kerry Wayne Burgess" the house I owned at Country Club Estates in South Carolina ) is 7335 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 12/2/1985 ( from The Daily Princetonian publication, Princeton University: 'Delta Force' Leader Discusses Military Raid ) is 7335 days
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0199312/bio
IMDb
Eric Dane
Biography
Born November 9, 1972
excerpt, Credits:
The Last Ship
CO CDR Tom Chandler
TV Series
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
Captain's log, stardate 7414.1. Our best estimates place us some four hours from Earth. No significant progress thus far reviving Ilia memory patterns within the alien probe. This remains our only means of contact with our captor.
[Kirk's quarters]
DECKER (on viewscreen): All these vessels were called 'Enterprise'.
[Enterprise recreation deck]
DECKER: The carbon units use this area for recreation. ...This is one of the games. ...What type of recreation does the crew aboard your vessel enjoy?
ILIA PROBE: The words 'recreation' and 'enjoy' have no meaning to my programming.
DECKER: Ilia enjoyed this game, ...she nearly always won.
[Kirk's quarters]
Dr. McCOY: Good! He's using audial-visual association.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Yeager
Chuck Yeager
From Wikipedia
Charles Elwood "Chuck" Yeager (born February 13, 1923) is a former United States Air Force officer, flying ace, and record-setting test pilot. In 1947, he became the first pilot confirmed to have exceeded the speed of sound in level flight.
Yeager's career began in World War II as a private in the United States Army Air Forces. After serving as an aircraft mechanic, in September 1942 he entered enlisted pilot training and upon graduation was promoted to the rank of flight officer (the World War II USAAF equivalent to warrant officer) and became a P-51 fighter pilot.
After the war, Yeager became a test pilot of many types of aircraft, including experimental rocket-powered aircraft. As the first human to officially break the sound barrier, on October 14, 1947, he flew the experimental Bell X-1 at Mach 1 at an altitude of 45,000 ft (13,700 m). He then went on to break several other speed and altitude records.
Yeager later commanded fighter squadrons and wings in Germany, and in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War, and in recognition of the outstanding performance ratings of those units he was promoted to brigadier general.
Career
World War II
Yeager enlisted as a private in the U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF) on September 12, 1941, and became an aircraft mechanic at George Air Force Base, Victorville, California. At enlistment, Yeager was not eligible for flight training because of his age and educational background, but the entry of the U.S. into World War II less than three months later prompted the USAAF to alter its recruiting standards. Having unusually sharp vision (a visual acuity rated 20/10), which once enabled him to shoot a deer at 600 yards (550 m), Yeager displayed natural talent as a pilot and was accepted for flight training.
He received his wings and a promotion to flight officer at Luke Field, Arizona, where he graduated from class 43C on March 10, 1943.
Despite a regulation prohibiting "evaders" (escaped pilots) from flying over enemy territory again, the purpose of which was to prevent a second capture from compromising resistance groups, Yeager was reinstated to flying combat. He had joined another evader, fellow P-51 pilot 1st Lt Fred Glover, in speaking directly to the Supreme Allied Commander, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, on June 12, 1944. With Glover pleading their case, they argued that because the Allies had invaded France and the Maquis were by then openly fighting the Nazis alongside Allied troops, if Yeager or Glover were shot down again, there was little about those who had previously helped them evade capture that could be revealed to the enemy.
Eisenhower, after gaining permission from the War Department to decide the requests, concurred with Yeager and Glover. Yeager later credited his postwar success in the Air Force to this decision, saying that his test pilot career followed naturally from his having been a decorated combat pilot
From 6/12/1944 ( ) To 8/23/1999 ( ) is 20160 days
20160 = 10080 + 10080
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 6/8/1993 ( commencement, Princeton University Class of 1993 ) is 10080 days
From 6/9/1923 ( from On This Day internet-source: American cash-carrying company Brink's unveils the first armored security vans ) To 1/17/1991 ( the date of record of my US 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 24694 days
24694 = 12347 + 12347
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 8/23/1999 ( ) is 12347 days
From 12/25/1991 ( an aviator in non-aviator related duties boots on the ground as United States Marine Corps chief warrant officer Kerry Wayne Burgess I was prisoner of war in Croatia ) To 8/23/1999 ( ) is 2798 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 7/1/1973 ( the United States Drug Enforcement Administration is founded ) is 2798 days
From 9/18/1947 ( Central Intelligence Agency of the United States of America begins active-duty ) To 7/8/1981 ( Ronald Reagan, 40th President of USA federal government 1981-1989: Nomination of David Anderson To Be United States Ambassador to Yugoslavia ) is 12347 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 8/23/1999 ( ) is 12347 days
From 12/7/1979 ( premiere USA film "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" ) To 8/23/1999 ( ) is 7199 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 7/19/1985 ( ) is 7199 days
From 7/30/1962 ( John Kennedy, 35th President of USA 1961-1963: Letters to the Secretaries of the Military Departments Commending Reservists on the Eve of Their Release ) To 8/23/1999 ( ) is 13538 days
13538 = 6769 + 6769
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 5/15/1984 ( as Kerry Wayne Burgess I began active service for an enlistment period of six years as a US Navy enlisted sailor and United States of America military service continued to Kerry Wayne Burgess the United States Marine Corps general ) is 6769 days
From 7/30/1962 ( John Kennedy, 35th President of USA 1961-1963: Letters to the Secretaries of the Military Departments Commending Reservists on the Eve of Their Release ) To 8/23/1999 ( ) is 13538 days
13538 = 6769 + 6769
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 5/15/1984 ( Ronald Reagan, 40th President of USA federal government 1981-1989: Proclamation 5194 - Missing Children Day, 1984 ) is 6769 days
From 5/30/1961 ( John Kennedy, 35th President of USA 1961-1963: Letter to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House Proposing the Establishment of a Permanent Peace Corps ) To 8/23/1999 ( ) is 13964 days
13964 = 6982 + 6982
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 12/14/1984 ( premiere USA film "Starman" AND premiere USA film "Nineteen Eighty-Four" ) is 6982 days
From 5/12/1956 ( Dwight Eisenhower, 34th President of USA federal government 1953-1961: Letter to Major General William J. Donovan Concerning the Dedication of World War II Cemeteries and Memorials ) To 3/2/1990 ( as Kerry Burgess my the official US Navy documents includes: departing overseas from USS Wainwright CG-28, US Navy, anchored in Monaco I returned to the continental United States and to Charleston South Carolina Naval Base for processing and Honorable Discharge from active duty US Navy AND premiere USA film "The Hunt for Red October" ) is 12347 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 8/23/1999 ( ) is 12347 days
From 3/3/1959 ( the birthdate in Hawaii of my biological brother Thomas Reagan ) To 12/21/1992 ( official State of South Carolina documents, date recorded by State of South Carolina: "the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, have granted, bargained, sold, and released, and by these presents do grant, bargain, sell and release unto Kerry Wayne Burgess" the house I owned at Country Club Estates in South Carolina, USA ) is 12347 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 8/23/1999 ( ) is 12347 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 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 ) To 8/23/1999 ( ) is 8450 days
8450 = 4225 + 4225
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 5/28/1977 ( premiere USA TV series episode "In Search of..."::"A Call from Space" ) is 4225 days
From 5/2/1963 ( premiere USA TV series episode "The Twilight Zone"::"On Thursday We Leave for Home" ) To 2/19/1997 ( as Kerry Wayne Burgess the United States Marine Corps commissioned-officer and United States STS-82 pilot astronaut and my 4th official United States of America National Aeronautics Space Administration orbital flight of 4 overall I begin repairing the US Hubble Telescope while in space and orbit of the planet Earth - the Hubble Space Telescope placed back into its own orbit of the planet Earth ) is 12347 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 8/23/1999 ( ) is 12347 days
From 10/7/1963 ( premiere USA TV series episode "The Outer Limits"::"The Man with the Power" ) To 7/27/1997 ( premiere USA TV series "Stargate SG-1" ) is 12347 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 8/23/1999 ( ) is 12347 days
From 8/23/1999 ( ) To 2/6/2004 ( IN THE FUTURE from 08/23/1999: as Kerry Burgess my final day as full-time employee of Microsoft Corporation in Seattle beginning 12/07/1998 ) is 1628 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 4/18/1970 ( ) is 1628 days
From 9/17/1965 ( premiere USA TV series "Hogan's Heroes" ) To 7/8/1999 ( premiere USA film "Arlington Road" ) is 12347 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 8/23/1999 ( ) is 12347 days
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blogger_(service)
Blogger (service)
From Wikipedia
Pyra Labs launched Blogger on August 23, 1999. It is credited with popularizing the format as one of the first dedicated blog-publishing tools. Pyra Labs was purchased by Google in February 2003 for an undisclosed amount.
https://web.archive.org/web/20010212053542/http://www.pyra.com/1999_08_22_pyralert_archive.asp
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/letter-major-general-william-j-donovan-concerning-the-dedication-world-war-ii-cemeteries
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-presenting-the-presidential-medal-freedom-apollo-13-astronauts-honolulu
From 8/23/1999 ( debut of Blogger ) To 3/25/2021 ( ) is 7885 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 6/5/1987 ( as me, Kerry Burgess, my official enlisted US Navy documents includes: Earned NEC 1189 - Based on graduation from the Terrier Mk 152 Guided-missiles Fire Control Computers Complex course - Naval Guided Missiles School, Dam Neck, Virginia Beach, Virginia, US Navy - leading to permanent assignment until 1990 to CF-division, Missile Plot - guided-missiles Fire Control Computers Complex (UNIVAC digital-computers Mk152 Terrier System for, primarily, SM2-ER {Extended Range} Standard Missiles ordnance), USS Wainwright CG-28, US Navy, while enlisted paygrade E-5, designated Fire Controlman Petty Officer Second Class (FC2) ) is 7885 days
https://www.space.com/boeing-orbital-flight-test-2-march-25-2021
From 11/5/1933 ( from The New York Times newspaper: THE first thirteen years of broadcasting read like a Horatio Alger yarn of science. The opening chapter is set against the background of a garage from which the pioneer KDKA raised its feeble voice to the winds. ) To 6/8/1955 ( ) is 7885 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 6/5/1987 ( as me, Kerry Burgess, my official enlisted US Navy documents includes: Earned NEC 1189 - Based on graduation from the Terrier Mk 152 Guided-missiles Fire Control Computers Complex course - Naval Guided Missiles School, Dam Neck, Virginia Beach, Virginia, US Navy - leading to permanent assignment until 1990 to CF-division, Missile Plot - guided-missiles Fire Control Computers Complex (UNIVAC digital-computers Mk152 Terrier System for, primarily, SM2-ER {Extended Range} Standard Missiles ordnance), USS Wainwright CG-28, US Navy, while enlisted paygrade E-5, designated Fire Controlman Petty Officer Second Class (FC2) ) is 7885 days
From 6/8/1955 ( ) To 12/7/1979 ( premiere US film "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" ) is 8948 days
8948 = 4474 + 4474
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 2/1/1978 ( premiere USA TV series episode "Nova"::"The Final Frontier" ) is 4474 days
https://www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/Longer.html
Tim Berners-Lee
In 1989, while working at at CERN, the European Particle Physics Laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland, Tim Berners-Lee proposed a global hypertext project, to be known as the World Wide Web.
In 1994, Tim founded the World Wide Web Consortium
Born London, England, 8 June 1955.
https://www.nytimes.com/1933/11/05/archives/from-garage-to-skyscraper-pioneer-kdka-compared-to-radio-city.html
The New York Times
FROM GARAGE TO SKYSCRAPER; Pioneer KDKA Compared to Radio City Reveals Spectacular Growth of Broadcasting -- Genesis of the Idea
By Orrin E. Dunlap Jr.
Nov. 5, 1933
November 5, 1933, Section X, Page 11
THE first thirteen years of broadcasting read like a Horatio Alger yarn of science. The opening chapter is set against the background of a garage from which the pioneer KDKA raised its feeble voice to the winds.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_World_Wide_Web
History of the World Wide Web
From Wikipedia
Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web while working at CERN in 1989. He proposed a "universal linked information system" using several concepts and technologies, the most fundamental of which was the connections that existed between information. He developed the first web server, the first web browser, and a document formatting protocol, called Hypertext Markup Language (HTML). After publishing the markup language in 1991, and releasing the browser source code for public use in 1993, many other web browsers were soon developed, with Marc Andreessen's Mosaic (later Netscape Navigator), being particularly easy to use and install, and often credited with sparking the Internet boom of the 1990s. It was a graphical browser which ran on several popular office and home computers, bringing multimedia content to non-technical users by including images and text on the same page.
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
[Enterprise bridge]
UHURA: Captain, Starfleet is sending this tactical on V'Ger's position. V'Ger is transmitting a signal.
DECKER: Jim!
KIRK: From V'Ger?
ILIA PROBE: V'Ger signals the Creator.
KIRK: Spock?
SPOCK: A simple binary code transmitted by carrier-wave signal. Radio.
KIRK: Radio?
DECKER: Jim, V'Ger expects an answer.
KIRK: An answer? I don't know the question.
ILIA PROBE: The Creator has not responded.
- by me, Kerry Wayne Burgess, posted by me: 03:41 AM Pacific-timezone USA Friday 10/03/2025
