Synavia Goes Lunar

The government of Synavia revealed today a plan to send 3 men to the moon by 2012. Here's how it will work:

The rocket, named DragonX, will be approximately 22% larger than the iconic American Saturn V. It will produce 9.5 million pounds of thrust. It will not, however, be a purely chemical rocket. It will utilize a new propulsion technology known to the SAC (Synavia Aerospace Commission) as Project Vapor. It will not, however, involve vapor. It is rumored to be a sort of anti-gravity device, though no one but the folks at SAC know exactly.

The DragonX will lift off from the (currently under construction) Nentrani Airbase, named after the late Synavian Parliament member who had long suggested that Synavia have a full-blown space program. It will reach space in a little over 16 minutes and travel at 22,730 mph for most of the trip. It will reach the moon's orbit in little over two days. Once in a stable orbit, the capsule, named Falcon II, will orbit exactly twice, before going down and landing near the center of the Sea of Serenity. The astronauts will conduct tests before returning home.

The government of Synavia is currently searching for the much-needed funding this project requires.

The nation of Kyzl congratulates you on your endeavors. We toyed with the prospect of a space program, but we decided that modernizing our military was more important. We wish you luck with your program.

Since you are so interested, Annenkov, would you consider helping us out? We are rather lacking funding at the moment, and we need everything we can get. We would be extremely grateful if you agreed.

We will review your proposal and have an answer within twenty-four hours.

I appreciate your consideration and prompt attention to the matter.

President Newlark wrote:I appreciate your consideration and prompt attention to the matter.

Maybe one shouldn't undergo such an optimistic project until you have the resource to do it?

Cisco Zarandin wrote:

President Newlark wrote:I appreciate your consideration and prompt attention to the matter.

Maybe one shouldn't undergo such an optimistic project until you have the resource to do it?

We've got resources aplenty. With the money we have now, we could accomplish it, just slower than we would without help.

And how exactly did you come to gain the sudden massive amount of funding that is necessary to complete a successful launch? Even the designing of the rocket would cost more than you currently spend on ventures such as this, none the less the construction of proper facilities, hiring of personnel, and building the actual rocket. Rocket fuel is also expensive. Apparently you can just launch a rocket with happy thoughts and pocket change?

Also, why are you doing this directly following a major political turmoil and war in Synavia?

I would like to remind that I destroyed most of your fuel tanks and other important infastructure less than two weeks ago. Are you using thousands of slaves for your project or are you just good at repairing stuff?

Before we consider funding the project, we as well would like to know the source of these funds. Until that and actual progress showing that your nation is able to follow through with this, we are withholding funds for this program.

Taking into account the stability of Synavia, and the sheer potential for damage not only to our orbital objects, but the region should a space-launch be mis-used, the Triumvirate has ordered that - despite what any in the Senate might say, we will go through with this - any Synavian attempted space launch will be intercepted and destroyed, by any means necessary.

That is a rash decision. This is not a permanent satellite orbiting earth, it is a lander that will be in space for several days. I propose that all future space programs must be fully transparent and have third party nations be on-site to ensure the primary mission of the craft is research.

Baelgaria wrote:And how exactly did you come to gain the sudden massive amount of funding that is necessary to complete a successful launch? Even the designing of the rocket would cost more than you currently spend on ventures such as this, none the less the construction of proper facilities, hiring of personnel, and building the actual rocket. Rocket fuel is also expensive. Apparently you can just launch a rocket with happy thoughts and pocket change?

Also, why are you doing this directly following a major political turmoil and war in Synavia?

On the money issue, honestly, I was wondering the same thing myself. I'm going to ask the CEO of SAC to explain.

Taking into account the stability of Synavia, and the sheer potential for damage not only to our orbital objects, but the region should a space-launch be mis-used, the Triumvirate has ordered that - despite what any in the Senate might say, we will go through with this - any Synavian attempted space launch will be intercepted and destroyed, by any means necessary.

What the hell are you smoking?

I assure you, the primary (and by primary I mean only) purpose of this is research and striving towards the good of mankind. I would never authorize (or allow to be authorized) any space mission involving weapons. As you should know, I was fully for the Deweaponization of Space and I pretend it was passed.

I'm ignoring your threat. I don't care.

Here's a threat on my part. If you re really serious about what you have said, we actually will put weapons on them to defend themselves. I can and will do that, but only if you ask for it.

//Why does everything I do somehow end up in war and/or mass slaughter?

This is why we can't have nice things

Luna's is boring, I'm going to Mars once the necessary paperwork gets through.

Grand Administrator Crude wrote:Luna's is boring, I'm going to Mars once the necessary paperwork gets through.

We've got that on our agenda too.

Europa is ours, then.

We'll have space in its infinity.

Baelgaria wrote:And how exactly did you come to gain the sudden massive amount of funding that is necessary to complete a successful launch? Even the designing of the rocket would cost more than you currently spend on ventures such as this, none the less the construction of proper facilities, hiring of personnel, and building the actual rocket. Rocket fuel is also expensive. Apparently you can just launch a rocket with happy thoughts and pocket change?

Also, why are you doing this directly following a major political turmoil and war in Synavia?

It takes longer than two weeks to get the infrastructure and funds and personnel and EVERYTHING ready for even this to be happening.

Hippo wrote:Europa is ours, then.

Not if I can help it.

//Hey cool you're ignoring the issue

Heliostania states that it will be staying out of the main body of space for the time being, and will instead be focusing on several space stations in low orbit.

Baelgaria wrote://Hey cool you're ignoring the issue

Hey, cool, you don't know what punctuation is.

The Triumvirate never implied that this... Synavian travesty would be armed. Instead we're considering the complete and total lack of competance shown throughout the ruling government. Your predicessor - whom you openly admited to feeling inferior too - was of such a level that he managed to result in his own military forces rebelling against him, with such poor security within his confines that there was an assassination attempt virtually every week.

Now, with the above capability of your government in mind, imagine just how a nation split by civil war - with the rebelious faction consisting of trained military personnel - will react to a space program, consisting at the most basic levels of highly volitile fuel and at the end, the ability to deliver a nuclear warhead into either a ballistic trajector, or a fractional orbital bombardment path.

There is also the issue of orbital denial, whose to say that a disgruntled Synavian terrorist might not sabotage the launch vehicles to explode in standard orbits? Then you've got shrapnel and such everywhere, presenting a danger to any satelites in that orbit.

The knowledge however that it can and will be designed with an armed capability, is simply a matter to be dealt with via conventional assets. You would be surprised how vulnerable a space-booster is during the boost phase, and the Avinistratus Air Force has invested in the capability to deal with such matters without loosing a single missile.

Considering the state of your military after the Hippostanians were through with it, I think that continuing this disaster would merely result in the unneeded loss of Synavian life, as there is no possible way you can defend this from your own malcontents, let alone bring it to completion with your current resource base.

// And believe it or not, simply ripping off the SpaceX names won't fix anything.

//He's just ignoring the logic and facts that go against his super duper string and gum ripoff space program. Also Avin, what happened to that orbital denial of Me?