NORAD tracks Santa - 2003

In re St. Nicolas of Myrna, the ancestor of the Santa legend, and his visit
this night:

(From the Archives of the Secretary of State, the Lunar & Lagrangian
Federation, the following extract:

By virtue of the Power vested in me as President of the Lunar & Lagrangian
Federation, in accordance with the Treaty of Amity between the Federation
and the United States of America, Santa Claus is permitted, on the night of
December 24, between 1900 hours Washington DC Time (GMT -5 per the Time
Treaty of 1883) and 0700 hours on December 25, to enter the Airspace above
the Surface of Luna and the Space surrounding the Earth-Moon Lagrangian
Points L4 & L5 for the purpose of giving Christmas Presents to the children
of the Lunar & Lagrangian Federation, without let or hindrance in his
journey.

Likewise, in accordance with the Treaty of Amity between the Federation and
the Russian Federation (including the successor states of the former Union
of Soviet Socialist Republics), Santa (in his Russian identity as
Grandfather Frost) is permitted to enter Lunar & Lagrangian Space between
0001 & 2400 hours Moscow Time (GMT +4), January 6, for the purpose of giving
Christmas Presents to the children of the Russian People in residence in the
Federation.

/s/ Mark A. Whittington
President, the Lunar & Lagrangian Federation

N. B. for Mark -- I followed along in your Children of Apollo novel,
updating it to allow for the foundation & settlement of Luna, and the
establishment of the Lagrangian Communities at EML4 & EML5 per the O'Neill
outlines.)

--
Leonard C Robinson
"The Historian Remembers, and speculates on what might have been.
"The Visionary Remembers, and speculates on what may yet be."

JRS: In article 8VoGb.449594$Dw6.1359555@attbi_s02, seen in
news:sci.space.policy, Leonard Robinson
posted at Wed, 24 Dec 2003 23:01:24 :-

Santa (in his Russian identity as
Grandfather Frost) is permitted to enter Lunar & Lagrangian Space between
0001 & 2400 hours Moscow Time (GMT +4),

Is Moscow winter time GMT+4, or is my diary right, or is a change to be
expected?

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Dr Stockton, I am unfamiliar with the time zones in the former Soviet Union;
I am only guessing where Moskva is on the Grid. Either way, Grandfather
Frost makes his appearance throughout the Russian Federation on January 6,
the sixth day of the first month of winter. (And thus makes his appearance
in New Petrograd on that day as well.)

For the President of the Lunar & Lagrangian Federation:

--
Leonard C Robinson
"The Historian Remembers, and speculates on what might have been.
"The Visionary Remembers, and speculates on what may yet be."

Leonard Robinson wrote:

Dr Stockton, I am unfamiliar with the time zones in the former Soviet Union;
I am only guessing where Moskva is on the Grid.


-3 hours according to my maps of time zones.

Either way, Grandfather
Frost makes his appearance throughout the Russian Federation on January 6,
the sixth day of the first month of winter. (And thus makes his appearance
in New Petrograd on that day as well.)


But what about Hanukkah Harry?

Pat

"Pat Flannery" wrote:
But what about Hanukkah Harry?

Or the Holiday Armadillo???

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Roger
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Space Shuttle Mission Control
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