THE WRIGHT STUFF Vol XVII w No 2 The Official Newsletter of the U.S.S. Kitty Hawk w NCC-1659 Mar / Apr 2006 C O N T E N T S A VIEW FROM THE CATBIRD SEAT ................................3 J.R. Fisher COMPUTER OPERATIONS REPORT .................................3 J.R. Fisher SCIENCE REPORT REPORT ........................................3 J.R. Fisher DEEP SPACE NINE - AN OLD FRIEND ...............................4 Brad McDonald Volume 17 - Number 2 UPCOMING EVENTS ..............................................6 is a publication of the U.S.S. Kitty Hawk, the Raleigh, N.C., chapter of STARFLEET, an international STAR TREK fan organization. This publication is provided free of charge to all chapter members in good standing. Subscriptions for non-members are $12.00 per year (six issues). Please address all corres- pondence to CATBIRD Publications, 5017 Glen Forest Dr., Raleigh, N.C. 27612. 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IMAGE - Featured Front Page A Delta II rocket launches on April 28 from Vandenberg AFB, California, with a pair of Earth-observing satellites. CALIPSO and CloudSat shared a rocket to orbit, but they'll observe clouds in different ways. A View From the Catbird Seat Comp Ops Report By J.R. Fisher By John Troan Everything has been to contact the volunteer coordinator This issue of the newsletter got really fast paced online and volunteer. If you wish to off to a late start, as evidenced by since I returned from wear a uniform or Kitty Hawk t-shirt, tonight being May 1 and I'm only now my trip to that would be great. We will scanning Brad's script, assembling Mississippi. For reconnect in August to plan for a the collection of submissions, and those of you who did better role in the next year's con. writing my own article to "fill the hole." not make the April Our meeting is at 4 p.m. at our (My grandfather, a retired newspaper meeting, we have undertaken a house. It will be a cookout of HOT reporter and editor, taught me that mission to collect and deliver 1000 DOGS which the Fishers will supply. term last week.) Elaine has covered books to the devastated libraries of Snacks, drinks, sides, desserts, etc. Spirit & Opportunity, so I'll start with a the Biloxi/Gulfport region of are items you, the crew, will bring with shuttle update. Mississippi. As of this writing, we you to the meeting. Discovery is scheduled to be have collected about 600 books. I am Remember, bring those great rolled over from its processing facility asking each of you to bring any condition books! to the VAB on May 12 and will be hardback or paperback books you can We know we have the Wright Stuff; mated to the external tank and rocket spare, don't use, read, filling up let's show the rest of them that we do! boosters shortly after. The mission's space, etc., to our May meeting on launch window is now July 1-19, the 6th. If you cannot get to this having been pushed back from this meeting with your books, call me and Esse Quam Videri month to replace the fuel cut-off let's set up a personal meeting so I sensors in the ET's hydrogen tank. can get them as soon as possible. I This also gave the various teams am planning to drive them down on Science Report enough time to work on the shuttle May 18. and other aspects of the tank. (The Sorry that the yard sale for the By Elaine Pischke launch windows are determined by Women's Center of Wake County was when the shuttle can launch during held on such short notice; but my Comet watch – coming up daylight hours and be able to neighbor had donated so much stuff it soon, Comet Schwassmann- rendezvous & dock with the station. would have been impossible to Wachmann 3 will pass by the NASA has indicated that they might transport all of it to the fairgrounds Earth, May 11-14. The comet is resume night launches later this year and keeping it here was also breaking up. On it’s last pass it or next year.) impossible. Spring came and stayed had broken into 3 pieces. This Shuttles Atlantis and Endevour all day with several car loads of stuff time there are close to 40 are still in their respective processing and Amy came by and bought as well facilities being prepped for their next as delivered the Girl Scout cookies fragments, and it continues to flights. Atlantis is tentatively (thanks, guys - they were delicious!) break up. The comet will pass by scheduled for an August flight which you can pick up at the meeting us at about 6 million miles, so (STS-115) to bring up the next set of on the sixth. there’s no danger to Earth. It will solar panels. Endeavour isn't listed We sold about three-fourths of all not likely be visible to the naked on the flight manifest yet, but I'm of it (priced to go) and netted $160. eye, but a backyard telescope or guessing that it should be flying again There are a few large items for which even binoculars might be enough late this year or early next year. I have not collected, so we expect the to catch a view of this comet. In post-shuttle news, NASA final figures to be about $200. The administrator Michael Griffen said last In case you’ve forgotten, the remainder was donated to Goodwill. week that the current four-year gap There are a few quality (antique) Mars Rovers Spirit and between the shuttle and CEV items we will hold over for a possible Opportunity are still exploring the programs could be shortened to about sale in the fall, so keep collecting. surface of Mars. Spirit has settled a year if Congress approves an extra There are several conventions into its winter location, and $1.1 billion for NASA's budget. NASA coming up this summer which we Opportunity is heading toward its is committed to 16 shuttle launches, encourage each of you to try and winter home. Spirit has lost a including STS-115, to complete the attend. We contacted Trinoc-Con wheel, but is pushing on with 5 station's construction while simul- about working with them, but due to taneously developing the crew instead of 6. Both have the lateness of our involvement, we exploration vehicle. It's currently in decided that the best way we could performed past their expected the "guiding" budget, but hasn't been help this year would be for individuals time of operation. approved yet. We'll see.... THE WRIGHT STUFF PAGE 3 MAR / APR 2006 DEEP SPACE NINE - "An Old Friend" By Brad McDonald STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE PRONUNCIATION GUIDE ODO "An Old Friend" KIDARA key - DARE - uh (dryly) BREEKA BREE - kuh Not a lot to look at in this sector, Written by TABOK TAY - bok is there? BINGHAM BING - ham Brad McDonald SISKO SILSBEE SILLS - bee Hail them, Major. Let's find out CAST what brings sightseers to TEASER BASHIR AMBASSADOR SAREK Bajoran space. DAX CAPTAIN BINGHAM FADE IN: KIRA COMMANDER TABOK KIRA O'BRIEN DOCTOR KIDARA EXT. SPACE - DEEP SPACE NINE (working) ODO TORBIN SILSBEE (OPTICAL) Aye, Sir. I'm sort of curious QUARK about that myself. ROM EXT. SPACE -AURORA BOREALIS SISKO (OPTICAL) OPS - TWO SHOT - SISKO AND BASHIR GAREK A large space craft is obviously on an ROM approach for the station. It is moving at As before. While Kira makes her sublight and appears to be a passenger inquiries, the others continue their work. Non-speakinq ship. Sisko and Bashir resume their TORM BREEKA conversation. DEFIANT CREWPERSONS INT. DEEP SPACE NINE - OPS - WIDE SISKO BAJORAN REFUGEES ANGLE AURORA BOREALIAS CREWPERSONS (indicating padd) BAR PATRONS It's a normal duty day. present are This is only a month late. SISKO, DAX, KIRA, ODO and O'BRIEN. N.D. BAJORAN CIVILIANS BASHIR Dax, Kira and O'Brien are at their duty DABO GIRLS (embarrassed) stations. Odo and Sisko are standing BAJORAN MEDICAL PERSONNEL Well , I've been busy... nearby, watching BASHIR approach. The SETS doctor is in a hurry and is carrying a data SISKO INTERIORS padd in one hand. So I've heard. Raquetball with Chief O'Brien, debates with DEEP SPACE NINE BASHIR Garek, chess with Odo... the list AIRLOCK ENTRY (out of breath) of your work is overwhelming, SAREK'S QUARTERS Well, after a lot of work, it's Doctor. QUARK'S BAR finished! PROMENADE CORRIDOR BASHIR Bashir hands the padd to Sisko, PROMENADE UPPER LEVEL (embarrassed) confidently. SICKBAY I, er, well... BASHIR'S OFFICE BASHIR Sisko turns to the others to hide his smile. ODO'S OFFICE (smiling) He's enjoying the doctor's predicament, SISKO'S OFFICE One completed inventory! OPS and so is everyone else.