This past September, the Malcolm Baldrige was decommissioned because of budget cuts and the ship's age of 30 years. This means that Captain Nelson is no longer able to answer the questions that the readers of MidLink ask. Special arrangements have been made to continue this. Your letters will now be going to Captain Mark Koehn of the ship Ka'imimoana, which will be replacing the Malcolm Baldrige. Please visit the Ka'imimoana Home Page. The entire Baldrige section will be kept on MidLink to preserve the memories of what the Malcolm Baldrige has occomplished over the past two years.