====== Quaerere Caelis ======

An [[timelines:spaceflight alternate histories|alternate spaceflight timeline]] by [[offtopic:sts-200]]. You can read the timeline [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/quaerere-caelis.359537/|here]]. 

It serves as an extended prologue or prequel to the longer timeline //**[[timelines:The Selene Project]]**//. 

Another timeline in the same continuty, //**[[timelines:To Grasp the Heavens]]**//, is a sequel to //The Selene Project//.

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==== Premise and POD ====

The alternate history of a pre-ESA European space programme, centered on French and UK efforts.  

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==== Chapters ====

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/quaerere-caelis.359537/|1: Something must be done​]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/quaerere-caelis.359537/#post-11000443|2: Quaerere Caelis]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/quaerere-caelis.359537/#post-11005206|3: Learn to Love the Bomb]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/quaerere-caelis.359537/#post-11009207|4: Missiles are the future]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/quaerere-caelis.359537/#post-11013027|5: To the Edge of Space]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/quaerere-caelis.359537/#post-11017056|6: The Clock has Started]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/quaerere-caelis.359537/#post-11021131|7: Black Anvil]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/quaerere-caelis.359537/#post-11025761|8: Proposals and Possibilities]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/quaerere-caelis.359537/#post-11031320|9: Distant Friends and Distrusted Allies]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/quaerere-caelis.359537/#post-11036098|10: The Idiot’s Lantern]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/quaerere-caelis.359537/#post-11059698|11: Making Plans]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/quaerere-caelis.359537/page-2#post-11074247|12: The Summer of '62]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/quaerere-caelis.359537/page-2#post-11079087|13: Higher and Faster]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/quaerere-caelis.359537/page-2#post-11082743|14: Finger on The Button]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/quaerere-caelis.359537/page-2#post-11091603|15: America Knows Best]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/quaerere-caelis.359537/page-2#post-11096682|16: The Third Space Power]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/quaerere-caelis.359537/page-2#post-11101863|17: Fallout]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/quaerere-caelis.359537/page-2#post-11106941|18: A Strategic Interlude - 1962]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/quaerere-caelis.359537/page-2#post-11112153|19: Possibilities in the New Year]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/quaerere-caelis.359537/page-2#post-11116879|20: “We aimed for the Pacific … and missed”]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/quaerere-caelis.359537/page-3#post-11120691|21: High Noon at Nassau]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/quaerere-caelis.359537/page-3#post-11130036|22: Necessity is the Mother of Invention (Part 1)]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/quaerere-caelis.359537/page-3#post-11138279|23: Necessity is the Mother of Invention (Part 2)]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/quaerere-caelis.359537/page-3#post-11144281|24: The Story So Far]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/quaerere-caelis.359537/page-3#post-11161130|25: The Bubble]]**

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