by me, Kerry Burgess, 02/26/2026 3:21 PM
The point of this note is a continuation of my observations about the calendar-day 02/22/2026
And for the record:
No. I do not believe *you*, any of you.
excerpt
https://fi.edu/en/science-and-education/collection/case-files/nikola-tesla
Case Files: Nikola Tesla
Dreams to Reality
In Paris, Tesla was referred to a junior engineer position with the Compagnie Continental Edison, the branch of the American company set up to expand Edison’s DC generators and lighting systems. Advancing quickly, Tesla became one of the traveling repairmen sent to work on installations throughout Europe. He continued to be a strange, phobic character and talk enthusiastically about his AC system. He received little attention from colleagues who were too busy expanding the DC system. The company had stunned the public by illuminating the 1881 Paris Electrical Exhibition and was setting up generators to light-restricted areas such as factories. However, the one-mile transmission range for practical DC transmission limited sales to larger installations such as towns and cities.
The German city of Strasburg did purchase an Edison system, but the dedication ceremony for the railroad station lighting was disastrous. Throwing the switch caused an immediate explosion which blew out a wall of the train shed. The German-speaking Tesla was dispatched to deal with the problem. He spent a year doing the repairs and waiting for various levels of bureaucracy to approve the work.
During the slow time of waiting, Tesla was able to convert his dreams to reality. In a rented machine shop, he built the solid version of the dynamo he had preserved in his mind's eye during the previous year. The model worked beautifully. On returning to Paris, Tesla's plan was to collect his Strasburg bonus for start-up funds and find French financial backers as he built his new AC generators and motors.
The bonus did not materialize, either through lack of funds on the Edison company's part or misplaced expectations on Tesla's part. Edison managers advised Tesla to take his dreams and plans and try them out in America. The 28-year-old who had studied, worked, and traveled through much of central Europe set out for the United States.
Stargate Universe - "Visitation" - tv-series Season 2 Episode 9, 11/23/2010
(from internet transcript)
In Camille's room, she has Caine under hypnosis. His eyes are closed. Young is standing nearby.
WRAY: What do you see?
CAINE: Snow is falling.
(Inside his head, he is standing about a dozen paces away from the rear of the shuttle. The snow has been falling for some time and he has left deep footprints behind him. Wrapped in a blanket, he gazes up at the sky, realising that it doesn't look like it's going to stop snowing any time soon. He lowers his head unhappily and turns back towards the ship.)
CAINE (on Destiny): The shuttle is our only shelter now.
(A couple of blankets have been hung over the doorway and Caine pushes through to where the rest of the crew are wrapped in more blankets and huddled around a tiny fire in a metal bowl. All of them are shuddering.)
CAINE (on Destiny): It's so cold. We lost power days ago.
(He looks around at his friends, who stare back at him as they tremble with the cold. Peter's gaze is more than a little accusing.)
Dr. CAINE (on Destiny): Something vital has broken and none of us know how to fix it.
by me, Kerry Wayne Burgess, 02/26/2024
Those Podcast Lameoids cannot get into this form of message - untelevised Spaceman - because those Podcast Lameoids don't have the more sophisticated sense of inner voice that Readers have
When the Podcast Lameoids read anything they can hear only their own self. And you're a lameoid. So you can hear only your own lameoid self.
From 11/23/2010 ( ) To 2/22/2026 ( ) is 5570 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 2/1/1981 ( ) is 5570 days
excerpts
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Michael_White
Robert Michael White
From Wikipedia
Robert Michael White (July 6, 1924 – March 17, 2010) (Maj Gen, USAF) was an American electrical engineer, test pilot, fighter pilot, and astronaut. He was one of twelve pilots who flew the North American X-15, an experimental spaceplane jointly operated by the Air Force and NASA. As an engineer, he supervised the design and development of several modern military aircraft.
On July 17, 1962, he flew the X-15 to an altitude above 50 miles, thereby qualifying as an astronaut according to the United States definition of the boundary of space.
On July 17, 1962, Major White flew the X-15 to an altitude of 314,750 feet (59 miles, 96 km). This qualified him for USAF astronaut wings, becoming the first "winged" astronaut, and one of a few who have flown into space without a conventional spacecraft.
Post-test pilot career
He retired from active duty on February 1, 1981.
excerpts
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A1rm%C3%A1n_line
Kármán line
From Wikipedia
The Kármán line is a conventional definition of the edge of space; it is widely but not universally accepted. The international record-keeping body FAI (Fédération aéronautique internationale) defines the Kármán line at an altitude of 100 kilometres (54 nautical miles; 62 miles; 328,084 feet) above mean sea level.
The FAI uses the term Kármán line to define the boundary between aeronautics and astronautics:
Aeronautics: For FAI purposes, aerial activity, including all air sports, within 100 km of Earth's surface.
Astronautics: For FAI purposes, activity more than 100 km above Earth's surface.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identification_(literature)
Identification (literature)
From Wikipedia
Identification refers to the automatic, subconscious psychological process in which an individual becomes like or closely associates themselves with another person by adopting one or more of the others' perceived personality traits, physical attributes, or some other aspect of their identity. The concept of identification was founded by psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud in the 1920’s, and has since been expanded on and applied in psychology, social studies, media studies, and literary and film criticism. In literature, identification most often refers to the audience identifying with a fictional character, however it can also be employed as a narrative device whereby one character identifies with another character within the text itself.
From 7/27/1997 ( premiere USA TV series "Stargate SG-1"::series premiere "Children of the Gods" ) To 2/22/2026 ( ) is 10437 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 5/31/1994 ( premiere USA TV series episode "Legends of the Hidden Temple"::"The Electrified Key of Benjamin Franklin" ) is 10437 days
From 5/9/1986 ( premiere USA film "Short Circuit" AND as Kerry Burgess my official US Navy documents includes: Fire Control Technician Class "A" - Great Lakes, Illinois - Date Enrolled - US Navy fleet weapons-systems control ) To 2/22/2026 ( ) is 14534 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 8/18/2005 ( ) is 14534 days
http://www.astronomy.com/en/sitecore/content/Home/News-Observing/News/2005/08/Asteroid%20Apophis%20set%20for%20a%20makeover.aspx
Astronomy
ASTRONOMY NEWS
Asteroid Apophis set for a makeover
Astronomers name the asteroid that will sweep past Earth in 2029 and suggest how Earth's gravity may alter the space rock.
By Bill Cooke — Published: August 18, 2005
August 18, 2005
Last month was significant for the asteroid formerly known as 2004 MN4. On July 19, it lost its provisional designation and acquired its permanent number and name. The number, 99942, is the largest yet assigned to an asteroid. The name, which will delight Egyptologists and science-fiction fans alike, is Apophis.
Between July 9 and 11, astronomers Dave Tholen, Fabrizio Bernardi, and Roy Tucker took what are likely the last optical images of the asteroid before 2007. They used the 90-inch Bok Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona. The same team discovered the asteroid last June.
On April 13, 2029, Apophis will pass 22,600 miles (36,350 kilometers) from Earth — so close it skirts the belt of orbiting geosynchronous satellites and will be visible to the unaided eye
Top Gun (1986)
Quotes
"Cosplay Maverick": So he did do it right.
Viper: Yeah, he did it right... Is that why you fly the way you do? Trying to prove something? Yeah, your old man did it right. What I'm about to tell you is classified. It could end my career. We were in the worst dogfight I ever dreamed of. There were bogeys like fireflies all over the sky. His F-4 was hit, and he was wounded, but he could've made it back. He stayed in it, saved three planes before he bought it.
"Cosplay Maverick": How come I never heard that before?
Viper: Well, that's not something the State Department tells dependents when the battle occurred over the wrong line on some map.
From 11/30/1940 ( ) to 03/03/1959 ( birthdate in Hawaii of my biological brother Thomas Reagan ) is 6667 days
From 11/02/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) to 02/03/1984 ( launch of USA NASA STS-41B space shuttle Challenger mission featuring the first untethered space activity ) is 6667 days
From 11/30/1940 ( ) To 7/3/1962 ( "Cosplay Maverick" Tom Cruise ) 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 (operator and advanced technician, 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 11/30/1940 ( ) To 2/3/1984 ( launch of USA NASA STS-41B space shuttle Challenger mission featuring the first untethered space activity ) is 15770 days
15770 = 7885 + 7885
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 (operator and advanced technician, 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
[by me, Kerry Burgess: Untrue. He is *not* the first commercial astronaut]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Melvill
Mike Melvill
From Wikipedia
Michael Winston Melvill (born November 30, 1940, in Johannesburg, South Africa) is a world-record-breaking pilot and one of the test pilots for SpaceShipOne, the experimental spaceplane developed by Scaled Composites. Melvill piloted SpaceShipOne on its first flight past the edge of space, flight 15P on June 21, 2004, thus becoming the first commercial astronaut, and the 435th person to go into space. He was also the pilot on SpaceShipOne's flight 16P, the first competitive flight in the Ansari X Prize competition.
- by me, Kerry Wayne Burgess, posted by me: 3:55 PM Pacific-timezone USA Thursday 02/26/2026
