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| Namenian Air and Space Administration | |
| By: Caos Date: July 17, 2015, 5:48 pm | |
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| With the recent construction and completion of the launch site | |
| SL-1, and the beginning of two more launch sites, SL-2 and 3, | |
| NASA has announced that they will be starting to plan a mission | |
| to the moon, and then one to mars in the future. They will also | |
| be constructing a Shuttle under the Buran Space Program, which | |
| will include unmanned missions to space, as well as | |
| revolutionary technology. Furthermore, the development of | |
| nuclear thermal rockets has begun, and will be replacing current | |
| rockets on large ships. | |
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| Re: Namenian Air and Space Administration | |
| By: Caos Date: August 1, 2015, 3:35 pm | |
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| The BURAN shuttle system, named the NSS SH-101 Major Tom, in | |
| honor of the man that was first sent into space, was delayed for | |
| launch today, due to small issues in the nuclear thermal rocket | |
| which was prepped for the launch. The crew, which consists of | |
| five members of the air force, did not stay in the shuttle as it | |
| was being fixed, and instead met with the reporters. The launch | |
| will still happen, but will not happen on that day. The | |
| commanding officer of the mission, Captain Max Rogers, had to | |
| say this: | |
| [quote]The delay of the launch was expected. In fact, I was not | |
| surprised. I knew that this would be the first test of the | |
| nuclear thermal rocket, and that there was a second BURAN ready | |
| for launch if this went south. Every member on here knew that. | |
| They accepted it none the less. It takes a special kind of man | |
| to volunteer for a possible suicide mission, and I think we've | |
| found them. But we will be the first crew in space. We will be | |
| the first to orbit the world more than three times. We will set | |
| a record, and we will be known.[/quote] | |
| #Post#: 5674-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Namenian Air and Space Administration | |
| By: Caos Date: August 4, 2015, 3:25 pm | |
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| "The Buran Shuttle Major Tom lifted off this morning in a widely | |
| publicized TV event, showing the large shuttle ripping into the | |
| skies. It carried with it a small payload of a satellite, but | |
| managed to get into earth orbit very easily. As of now, the | |
| shuttle is in orbit around Earth, expecting to spend 24 hours in | |
| space. We move now to Mission Control." The reporter mentioned, | |
| and turned the camera to the mission control room. | |
| The room was abuzz with men rushing everywhere, sitting down at | |
| the computers and monitoring the situation. There was a few | |
| cameras operating in and outside of the shuttle, and the | |
| astronauts had space suits on, sitting down in their seats. | |
| "Major Tom, this is Ground Control. You guys did it. News is | |
| here, men!" The ground commander said into the microphone. He | |
| looked up with a smile. "Now it's time to leave the capsule... | |
| If you dare." | |
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