ST03: NASA Mystery Cache
Hidden : 9/26/2018
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Star Trek first aired over 50 years ago. Created by Gene Roddenberry in 1964, the franchise has spawned numerous television series, films, comics, novels, games, and fan fiction...and now there's a Trek-themed GeoArt series in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and Star Trek have a special relationship. Numerous scientists and engineers at the space agency say that Star Trek made a lasting impression on them and helped ignite their passion for space exploration. NASA hired Nichelle Nichols to help recruit female and minority astronaut candidates, NASA astronauts have appeared in Star Trek episodes, and NASA officials have served as consultants to Star Trek films. In 1993, NASA awarded Gene Roddenberry with a Distinguished Public Service Medal. William Shatner was awarded the medal in 2014.

Fill the blanks in the following NASA-related statements to find where this cache has landed. Answers will either be multiple-choice (*) or numbers (#): N 47 2A.BCD W 121 3W.XYZ

A: Not all planets are habitable by humans. NASA would say that Earth occupies a habitable zone in our solar system that's called a 'Goldilocks zone'. In Star Trek, Earth would be classified as a Class * planet.
D = 4, H = 8, M = 3, S = 9

B: Star Trek premiered in September of 1966, just a few days before Pete Conrad and Richard Gordon launched aboard the Gemini * _.
I = 9, L = 2, V = 2, X = 4

C: In 2016, NASA and Star Trek challenged students to engineer the future by designing 3-D printable objects that could be used in future long-duration space missions. There were 405 submissions from 30 states in the Future Engineers Star Trek __________ challenge.
COMMUNICATOR = 5, REPLICATOR = 6, TELEPORTER = 7, TRICORDER = 8

D: A historic event in Star Trek was the Battle of Wolf 359, in the Wolf star system. Wolf 359 is a real star that's approximately #.8 light years away from Earth.

W: In honor of the last flight of NASA's Discovery shuttle in 2011, William Shatner recreated the Star Trek introduction in a wake-up call for astronauts of the STS - # _ _ mission.

X: NASA's first Space Shuttle Orbiter (OV-101) was originally going to be named __________, but Star Trek fans persuaded the White House to change the name to Enterprise.
CONSTITUTION = 0, DAEDALUS = 1, INTREPID = 2, REVOLUTION = 3

Y: In 2015, Nichelle Nichols traveled into the stratosphere aboard NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA). This aircraft is a modified Boeing 7#7-SP and is equipped with a 100-inch diameter telescope.

Z: In 1992, some of Gene Roddenberry's ashes were flown into space aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia mission STS-# _.

More information about NASA's ties to Star Trek can be found on NASA's Star Trek page.


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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Uvqr: Rlr-yriry.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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