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VOLUME 1 NUMBER 1 FEBRUARY, 1991

!E2THE OFFICIAL 72:g11! NEWSLETTER OF THE SHUTTLECRAFT KITTY HAWK NCC 102/01

0 It THE W IGHT ENROTHEFICS KITTY HAWK

VOLUME 1 NUMBER I Iftomied CONTENTS A VIEW FROM THE CATBIRD SEAT 1

WE HAVE A WINNER -- TERESA TUEL 2

COMMANDER MUSE'S LOG 3

THE KITTY LITTER BOX 3

THE LEGACY OF THE NASA ENTERPRISE . 4

BOOK REVIEWS

SPOCK'S WORLD 5 THE LOST YEARS 6 THE KOBAYSHI MARU 6

TEE THE EXPLORATION OF MARS 7 EGET THE 8 2TUIPIP FOR SALE 9 TREK AND NOT TREK 9

VOLUME 1 NO. 1 is a publication of the shuttle Kitty CREDITS Hawk, the Raleigh, N.C. chapter of , an international PUBLISHER AND EDITOR J R. FISHER fan organization. This publication is provided free of charge, to all CO—EDITOR JANE FISHER chapter members in good standing. Subscriptions for non-members are ASSISTANTS AND CONTRIBUTERS MEG HALE $E.00 per year (six issues). Please JENNIFER KINNEARY address all correspondence to CATBIRD MARTHA LEE Publications, 5017 Glen Forest Dr., SUZANNE MILLER Raleigh, N.C. 27612. This publication CAREY MUSE is a non-profit and is not TERESA TUEL meant to infringe upon any copyright DAVID VOSPER or trademark held by Paramount LIBBY WEST Pictures, Gulf & Western, or any other holder of STARTREK copyrights or trademarks. Unless otherwise noted, ENTIRE CONTENTS ARE COPYRIGHT 1990 COVER CATBIRD Publications/THE WRIGHT STUFF. Nothing in whole or in part may be The cover for our premier issue was done by N. C.'s used without the written permission of leading pen and ink artist, Mr. Jerry Miller, and is the publisher. THE WRIGHT STUFF used with his permission. The choice of "THE KITTY assumes all material submitted for HAWK" as our first cover is appropriate in many ways and publication is gratis. The publisher we appreciate Mr. Miller's generousity. We encourage and editors reserve the right to edit you to examine his work at his studio located on highway all submissions. 54, between Raleigh and Cary. Welcome to For those of you who are activities for the the first not members of our shuttle, remainder of the evening. edition of let me give you a little Guests and visitors are the Wright information about the Kitty welcome. Stuff! It Hawk. We are shuttle NW- In many areas of has taken 1 02/1 off U.S.S. Shuttle's business, we are us several Bonaventure in Greensboro, still organizing so months to N.C., Vice Admiral Sue everything is not as smooth get settled Hampton, Commanding. Our as it will be by the time into the goals as 'a chapter of we reach ship status. But routine of STARFLEET are the same as part of this is due to the paperwork, paperwork, and are stated in our preamble: fact that this is a "first more paperwork, but we "to promote the concepts of generation" ship. By that think we have a handle on unity, peace, and we mean, the members it now and are attempting brotherhood,. ..as espoused constituting this crew were our first newsletter. by STAR TREK philosophy..." adults when Star Trek first Let me start off by We intend to accomplish aired on T.V. back in 1966, thanking everyone who these goals by establishing so our average age is much contributed an article to ourselves as a community higher than on most of the this edition and remind you based service organization ships in STARFLEET. A that the April edition that will make the Raleigh mature Group. As we grow deadline is April 6, our area aware of Star Trek in membership, we are sure usual meeting night, fandom. Our other main that the average age will thereby avoiding "it's in goal is to have fun! Along go down and many of the the mail" etc. excuses. If with our service activities associated with you have chosen a activities, we intend to youth will gain in department, you have a enjoy our comrades in popularity. Already we responsibility to turn in a games, discussions, field have a youth member, report for that department trips, conventions, Michael Kinneary, and we every other month (to picnics, cookouts, parties, are sure to have many more correspond to publication and other safe and fun marines and cadets as the of this newsletter). It gatherings as decided by family aspect of our group can be factual in regards the crew at our monthly expands. Please remember to some aspects of Kitty meetings. that we are all members of Hawk activities (each Our monthly meetings are the STAR TREK Family and department can cover a on the first Friday night treat each other different aspect) or it can of each calendar month and accordingly, regardless of be entirely fictional and are currently being held at age. relate to the fantasy side the Shoney's restaurant on Shuttle Kitty Hawk was of our shuttle. But either Creedmore highway north of launched December 17, 1989, way, a report is due. Crabtree Valley Mall, about the eighty - sixth Other articles, reviews, three miles on the right. anniversary of the Wright reports, stories, art, etc. We dine at 6:30 P.M. and we Brothers first manned are welcome, encouraged and try to start our business flight. Since launching, expected. But, remember, meeting at 7:30. We like we have collected food for all of this is in the to conclude the business the N.C. Food Bank in nature of fun, so let's portion by 8:30 so that we Raleigh, taken a field trip have some. can engage in other social to the planetarium in

THE WRIGHT STUFF PAGE 1 =AU, 1910 Chapel Hill, held our to be counted. Next month hours typing, editing, monthly meetings, attended there are several programming, and tolerating several of the Bonaventure conventions that will be us in this venture. meetings, attended a STAR attended by members of our Hopefully, future issues TREK convention (winning crew and we are scheduled will come to us all more prizes in costuming), to man the phone-banks for easily. established our checking PBS on March 10th when they So, with the "first account, and are waiting have their telethon. flight" of THE WRIGHT for our assignment of a Shoreleave, Landing Party, STUFF, we spread our wings section of highway by the Delecon, Walk-a-thon, road and begin a long journey. Adopt-A-Highway division of cleaning, parties, One we hope will be full of the DOT. cookouts, and all types of many first flights for all Our future looks bright! other events await us. of our crew with the Wright Our membership already Last, but definitely not stuff. includes three away teams, least, we wish to extend a That's it from the two of which may become very special thanks to Jane catbird's seat for now. shuttles before we become a Fisher, without whom this Enjoy. ship. Our roster grows newsletter would not have each month as more of our been published. She has Esse Quam Videri fellow trekkers step forth put in many, many long

Libby West, David Vosper, to keep us occupied. When brought home a few Suzanne Miller, Carey Muse, all else failed, the mementos. The presiding and Shuttle XO Teresa Tuel balcony of our room had a (Michael Dorn) at made the grey and stunning view of the ocean. the gathering presented her occasionally wet journey to Our resident with awards for Best Star Virginia Beach to attend Ambassador was found Trek Category and Best Star Beach Trek 3 sponsored by several times observing the Trek Workmanship. The VISTA. The quest star was wild beauty of the surf. evening's entertainment, an Michael Dorn from Star Trek Several costumes were worn Old Earth 50's dance, was The Next Generation. There during the weekend. Lt. well attended and enjoyed were various activities and Cmdr. Tuel entered the by all present. a fair-sized dealer's room "Parade of Aliens" and

U. S. airmail stamps (left) show future activities in space. Cost is $.45 each. orm Commerative business size envelopes (right) issued Lon the end of December depict a 3-D image of the moon, earth, spacestation, and . The cost is $.30 each.

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THE HIGHT STUFF PAGE 2 FEBROMIT, 1910 I will be telling you in (original and Next Gen. years before the original this column about things rotate). Remember the series. This would result involving Star Trek and giant paperbacks a few in a complete recast of all STTNG, mostly stuff we can years ago? Well, they were our favorites (Bennett spend our hard earned replaced with the hardback wants to do casting himself dollars on as well as other books. Pocket is bringing but Roddenberry says since things. them back with Next he created them he should 1.The sequel to "Three Generation stories. The do casting.). I personally Men And A Baby", titled first one is titled would like to see them move "Three Men And A Lady", Metamorphosis and will be forward with the series for begins shooting soon. All out later this month (audio one more movie and then the original cast will be tape out in March, don't (maybe) do I or 2 movies back. Director Leonard know who's reading it, with an all new cast and Nimoy (whoever he is!) will though). The cover artist characters and Enterprise B not be back for the follow- on this and all future ST & & C and then do Star Trek up due to a schedule STTNG books is Keith The Next Generation movies. conflict. Emile (Dirty Birdsong. Keith lives in Whatever, Paramount decides Dancing) Ardolino will Garner (nobody's perfect) to do, they better start direct. and is really interested in Star Trek VI soon because 2. With the release of portraying the characters next year is the 25th ST V on video, everything accurately. anniversary and what better with the original cast is 4. Let's talk about way to celebrate than with on video (again). Next Star Trek VI. Rumor, I a new movie. Generation episodes are due repeat rumor, has it that later this year. Harve Bennett has turned in 3. There is a different a storyline that would take Star Trek book every month place at

The news about Star Trek VI the fans (who after all are planned by Paramet Pictovs, Star is that Harve Bennett is paying the bills), that we Tref VI will be produced as a 'Police awaiting the go-ahead from will rush to spend our kedge type coed): Paramount to begin work on money on anything that has Jut a note about writing Parseonnt. the next movie...but Star Trek in the title. If The reasoning at the stedios is that WITHOUT Shatner, Nimoy, you feel as I do that the writing letters is a bard brsinees and Kelley, and the rest! original cast is a large that smt people ann't bother, so a The next movie will be a ingredient in the "magic" telephze call is Forth one person. "p requi 1 " involving that is Trek, then please t, a letter is north 1000 pees. younger, cheaper, unknown writer Frank Mancuso, They figure that one oat of a *wand actors portraying Kirk, President, Paramount people rho feel strongly about , McCoy, etc. in their Pictures Corporation, 5555 =thing will tate the trouble to academy days before the Melrose Avenue, Los write. So write, tiet other tine can days of the TV series. Angeles, CA 90038. fel be a group of MO people? They have apparently Parmwet has decides! to go decided, without consulting along with the new casting idea. Is Libby West

THE RIGHT STUFF PAGE 3 FERMI, 1990 We are again seeing regular was a U.S. Navy WW II orbital mission. This orbital flights of the aircraft carrier, followed drop-test version of the Space Shuttle. Orbiters by the first nuclear Space Shuttle was Columbia, Discovery and powered aircraft carrier - designated as Orbital Atlantis regularly light up the U.S. Navy's current USS Vehicle 101 or OV-101. our television screens Enterprise, CVN-65. Many NASA was originally going with their fiery assents of our other to name it Constitution. from Cape Kennedy, Florida names follow the same Here lies a second irony and their suspenseful convention, though not all - our famed was landings at Edwards Air U.S. Navy vessels, i.e., original ly named Force Base in . Potemkin and Hood. Constitution but was later But what ever happened to It is ironic, that with named Enterprise. the first 'Space Shuttle', all the famous and gallant Starfleet's USS Enterprise the Enterprise? ships to serve the U.S. is often referred to as HISTORY. The naming of with that name, the one being a 'Constitution the orbiter ENTERPRISE has MOST known by today's Class' Starship. a little more to it than public is the only one to A lot of and the "star trek never actually exist; the Trekkers made a big push connection". There has for getting the first space been a vessel named shuttle named Enterprise. Enterprise in the U.S. Unfortunately, the inventory at almost all in-operational status of times since at least 1790 this 'dummy' shuttle was or thereabouts. The first ignored. Space Shuttle Enterprise was a sloop OV - 10I ( a . k . a . sailing vessel commanded by Constitution) was re-named Ensign Preble. It was sent Enterprise after a massive by the United States with a letter writing campaign number of other vessels to (one would have thought put a halt to piracy in the . But that trekkers would have Mediterranean Sea during the naming of the shuttle wanted the first shuttle the Napoleonic wars. For Enterprise can be craft be named ). his action in command of attributed both to this According to Jesco von Enterprise, Preble was ancient naval tradition, as Puttkamer from NASA HQ, awarded one of the first well as to the TV show. Trekdom was warned that the Congressional Medals of The first 'Space Shuttle' first shuttle would not Honor, and, in honor of the that NASA rolled out was a actually go into space. ship's performance, it was semi -operational model NASA was trying to do them determined that "There will used for air flight testing a favor by naming the first always be an Enterprise in only. It was designed to shuttle something other the U.S. Navy." That glide to a landing after than Enterprise. tradition endures to this being released from a So here lies the third day. transport plane. This test irony - the Space Shuttle Enterprise has always orbiter was not equipped chosen to be named been a name that has held a with engines, and was not Enterprise was one that long-standing tradition of structurally designed to go would never leave Earth's exploration and breaking into orbit. Thus it was atmosphere or even fly into new frontiers. After not even capable of being under its own power. the sailing ships, there refitted for an actual In the mid-1970's,

THE WRIGHT STUFF PAGE 4 Fes, 1990 remember seeing Dee Kelly and therefore involved David H. Lavine and Timothy S Takeuchi for and several other Star Trek testing a lot of things their comments on the computer network SPACE cast members at the that were changed in later FORUM, from which l have drawn heavily. commissioning ceremony for versions. Columbia is Space Shuttle Enterprise. heavier than the later During the ceremony, as the shuttles and therefore has shuttle Enterprise was less cargo capacity. rolled out, the band Columbia has been played the "Star Trek" retrofitted in some areas. theme. Later orbiters contain Although Space Shuttle structural differences that Enterprise never traveled are relatively minor and do into space, it could be not affect the capabilities I found this book to be viewed as a stepping stone of the orbiter. These interesting and irritating. to our fully functional modifications reduce The book is basically shuttles of today. On weight, increasing payload divided in two categories; October 2 8 , 1977 , capability slightly, and category one (1) are the Enterprise became the first increase reliability and chapters under the heading 'orbiter' to ever land on a maintainability. Endeavor of "Enterprise" and concrete runway. has some hardware mods to category two (2) under the TODAY. Space Shuttle allow longer-duration heading of "Vulcan". The Enterprise is currently in missions. book alternates between retirement at Dulles Does anyone out there Enterprise chapters, where Airport near Washington, think that there should be the main issue is whether D.C. Following the an active shuttle in the or not the planet Vulcan Challenger disaster, a new NASA fleet named should secede from the orbiter is currently under ENTERPRISE? It is normally Federation and Vulcan construction. Orbiter #5, considered bad form to chapters in which we learn OV-105 Endeavor got it's register two ships under about the development of name from a contest NASA the same name. Yet in the "cthia". Each category, on held for school children. 1970's it was evidently its own is very The contest rules stated deemed acceptable by NASA interesting, however, the that the kids were to to have two Enterprises - jumping back and forth choose the name of an one for the U.S. Navy fleet every other chapter is exploration vessel and on the seas, and another positively maddening. It's demonstrate, (I assume with for the NASA fleet in almost like reading two pictures, history, etc) why space. But now the different books (and it was a good choice. test-orbiter Enterprise perhaps it would have been Apparently Endeavor was the appears to have been better if it was two choice of more than one retired, and rumor has it different books). All-in- group, and one of the that the U.S. Navy's all, I found the historic submissions was chosen as super-carrier Enterprise view of the planet Vulcan the best. It was CVN-65 is about to be and the always present considered a good way to retired. Should the name interplay between Kirk, get future generations ENTERPRISE be reserved for Spock and Bones enjoyable motivated. Whether any future space designs such and entertaining. As the more Endeavor-class Space as the or the movie critics would say, "I Shuttles will be built is manned Mars mission? give this book a thumbs currently unknown. The Should we bother having an up." I didn't care too much orbiter Columbia (0V-102) ENTERPRISE if it can't for the choppy format, but has a number of other boldly go where no one has the content and plot were differences compared to the gone before? great. later vehicles, because it Author's mote; Thanks to ha Math, Mike was built earlier for the Grim, Dan Makin, Rodney A. toles, John Orbital Flight Test program Iradhury, J. Stephen Inas, Larry Pieniazek,

TILE wart STUFF PAGE 5 FEBRIBIT, 1990 Dillard's story "The Lost to sound reasonable by Years" is the first of a Dillard's expert three part series which storytelling. Ah, but then will tell us exactly what the plot thickens and the happened to our Star Trek intrigue begins. Soon all heroes from the end of the of our heroes, including Enterprise's historic five Uhura and Sarek, are year mission until our involved in an friends were reunited to interplanetary spy ring, oppose the powerful Veger questionable diplomacy, and threat. No doubt many of (why not?) a renegade us have used our Vulcan. As the story imaginations to develop our develops and eventually own versions of what resolves itself, our heroes happened to cause our are lead as if by destiny heroes to go their separate to make the final decisions ways after the five year for their life paths which mission was completed. Why heretofore have only been did Kirk give up the hinted to us in "Star Trek: Captaincy of the Enterprise The Motion Picture". "The to become an Admiral? Why Lost Years" is a must read did McCoy leave the service for all Trekkers. We hope Although this novel does all together? Why did that the other two books in not advance the adventure Spock choose Kolinahr, this series will be as ("and the adventure leaving his friends and good. continues"), it does denying all emotion? At provide a unique format to last we are given the reveal to fans some insight official version in answer into the backgrounds of to all these questions and some of our favorite Star more. For that, if for no Trek friends. This novel other reason, the Trekker is actually a collection of will want to read "The Lost short stories tied together Years". Fortunately, the by a common story. While book is better than that. some of our friends wait to "The Lost Years" is a well be rescued from an injured written, highly shuttle craft, they each entertaining piece of reveal how they dealt with fiction. The Trekker is the test. given plausible answers to We are treated first to the questions utmost in our Kirk's story. At last it minds and is entertained is revealed to us how Kirk with an intriguing plot as "cheated" the test as was well. Within the first few alluded to in "Star Trek chapters, we are told how II: The Wrath of Khan". our heroes made life Other stories deal with choices at the end of the Chekov, Scotty and Sulu. five year mission, none of All things considered, this which we may have chosen novel can be a special ourselves for our heroes, treat to Star Trek fans. but all of which are made

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Most Starfleet members are launches in the 1970s. The a manned Mars mission in extremely well informed probes themselves the near future. Others about the Galactic incorporated technologies propose to launch the Mars explorations of the USS from the 1960s. mission from the Moon, Enterprise and her sister More recently launched using lunar hydrogen and Starships. Many of us are planetary probes include oxygen as inexpensive fuel. equally conversant with the , which is at this The Soviet Union's manned realm of in very moment exploring Mars mission announcement general. But do you know, Venus. The controversial was at least a year before or have you ever wondered, Galileo was also launched ours. They launched a pair what is coming up in the last year on a convoluted of probes (Probos 1 and 2) way of real space journey that will take it to Mars three years ago, to exploration in our own past Venus, Earth (twice), take advantage of that time? two asteroids, and planet's close approach to Most planetary ultimately to . the earth in 1988. Both exploration to date have Although the most recently probes failed to complete been done by un-manned launched, Galileo is not their mission, although one probes. In the 1960s, both what your would call 'state of them was able to return the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. o f t h e art' photos of one of Mars' sent probes to either technologically. Its small moons. 'soft' or 'hard' land on on -board computers are of The Russians have a the Moon. The Soviet's 1960's design. The probe delightfully simple plan lunar orbiters were the was built in the 1970s for for their next survey of first to ever photograph an early 1980s launch. the Martian surface - the far (dark) side of the When finally at Jupiter, using a solar powered Moon. The U.S. Ranger Galileo will explore the balloon. During the day, series was designed to Jolvian satellites and will the balloon will heat up, transmit lunar pictures to launch its own parachute expand, and float through earth before deliberately probe into Jupiter's the thin orange-yellow crashing into the lunar atmosphere. Martian sky. At night, it surface. Only later did a President Bush has will cool and sink, Ranger 'soft' land on the re-affirmed a commitment to lowering its instrument Moon. launch the Space Station package to the red Martian Other probes have been Freedom, which will be used soil. Would a manned successfully sent to as a stepping stone for a Soviet Mars landing make it Mercury (Mariner), Venus return to the Moon. Ground the 'Red Planet' (Pioneer and Soviet construction of Space politically as well as Venera) and Mars. The U.S. Station components is physically? 'soft' landing of Viking on currently under way. These Mars missions of Mars remains the most After that, a manned the U.S. and the Soviet spectacular of these mission to Mars is also in Union, innovative space probes. the works. As a prelude to construction concepts and The recent 1980's a manned Mars mission, NASA the on-going controversy of exploits of the Voyager is planning to send another manned vs. unmanned series of planetary space un-manned probe on a exploration will be probes, with their scouting mission. Many discussed in forthcoming spectacular photos of view a return to the Moon articles. Neptune, Uranus, Saturn and and a permanent Moon base Jupiter, originate from as an economic obstacle to

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THE EIGHT STUFF PAGE 9 =AU, 1990 CALENDAR OF EVENTS:

MARCH 2: Shuttle Kitty Hawk meeting at Shoney's Creedmore Rd. MARCH 10: PBS Telethon - Chapel Hill 1:15 - 3:00 PM. MARCH 10: 4:00 PM U.S.S. Bonaventure Meeting - Burlington, N.C. MARCH 17: Bonaventure highway cleanup. MARCH 23 - 25: M.O.C., Greenville, S.C. MARCH 30 - APRIL 1: Coast Con, Biloxi, MS. APRIL 6: Shuttle Kitty Hawk meeting. APRIL 14: Yard sale/cookout/Bonaventure meeting. APRIL 21: Bonaventure picnic. APRIL 28: Walk-A-Thon. MAY 4: Shuttle Kitty Hawk meeting. MAY 11 - 13: Landing Party.

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