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Part X I have already described the - shall we say - jockeying for position before take-off on the first flight to the moon. As it turned out, the American, Russian and British ships landed just about simultaneously... - Arthur C. Clarke, Venture to the Moon, 1956. When once you have...

Rewrites with France and what have we... Part VIII Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter. The statesman who yields to war fever must realize that once the signal is...

Thanks, DAv! I'm a bit of an anglophile so I find Brit Wank ATLs endless fun! :) Oh, we debated how Asia would turn out with a US sponsored Nationalist victory in China, and if memory serves me right came up with the idea of a North Korea-like independent Manchuria. The Crisis is basically a...

I've posted Part IX! It could probably do with some more work, but let me know what you think and I'll give it another go if needed! Is the Presley-Jagger-thing too much? Oh, btw, I noticed that I apparantly called the Egyptian Civil War the Egyptian Civil Ear... sigh... :o Thank you...

Part IX Black Knight was developed from nothing to its full stature for approximately £5,000,000. A printers error in an early report caused that figure to appear as £50,000,000, and I understand it was stated in America that if Black Knight proved itself to be successful and had cost no more...

Hey Guys! Sorry for the looong wait, but real life in form of exams, work, girl friend and what not had me corned for a while. Besides, I didn't really feel up for writing for some time - must have been all the study related reading and writing that burned the creativity out of me! :-)...

Part VIII Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter. The statesman who yields to war fever must realize that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy...

Part VII If Britain had rejected satellites it would have been easier to reject the next major advance, and the next, and the next. There would have been no end to it. Yes, there would have been an end. Britain would have become a Switzerland with a few specialised skills - an admirable little...

Part IV Money was no object. They had not realised - few had - that Britain was bankrupt! - Ivan Southall, Woomera, 1962. If we die, we want people to accept it. We're in a risky business, and we hope if anything happens to us, it will not delay the program. The conquest of space is...

The usual rewrite... :-) Ministry of Space What is it that makes a man willing to sit up on top of an enormous Roman candle, such as a Redstone, Atlas, Titan or Saturn rocket, and wait for someone to light the fuse? - Tom Wolfe, The Right Stuff, 1979. We’ve all seen news footage of...

Hello all! Sorry for the long delay, and thanks a lot for all the comments and good ideas (in that regard, please post away, Birdie - your suggestions and ideas are most usefull)! I don't know how often I'll be able to update my various ATL's as I've just started at the University and still...

Part VI You can't say that civilization don't advance, however, for in every war they kill you in a new way! - Will Rogers. Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor...

The Bad Balkans Blues Hanging by threads of palest silver I could have stayed that way forever Bad blood and ghosts wrapped tight around me Nothing could ever seem to touch me I lose what I love most Did you know I was lost until you found me? A stroke of luck or a gift from god...

Thanks for all your comments, guys! It's good to know that you'll pitch in with good ideas and usefull suggestions to fuel my at times rather slow creative drive! :) Ah. yes, Massau and LeClerc could probably do the trick in a somewhat nasty way! Perhaps we could have DeGaulle crash with a...

South Africa in the MoS TL Far better to think historically, to remember the lessons of the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part of the knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be one who knows that if you reserve the power not to use all...

A viola, as Birdie demanded, an update! :) Damn, thoses are some mighty nice pictures, Lounge. Do you by chance have more lying about? :) Hmm, yes, there is that! So how about Belize/British Honduras merge with the West Indies Confederation? Is that a viable option? Awrighty then, the...

Part V Flight out of the atmosphere is a simple thing to do and should have been available to the public twenty years ago. Ten years from now, we will have space tourism where you will be able to see the black sky and the curvature of the earth. It will be the most exciting roller coaster ride...

Yes, the Royal Family are a must in Britain, new or old, but the conflict between the Old Guard and new visionaries, so to say, is an interesting facet that I haven't really thought much about! Hmm, maybe I should add some stuff about that in the next instalment concerning New Britain! Hehe...

Ooops, forgot this one - sorry! :o Eh, unless there are loud screams of anguish then I suppose the entire lot stays with the French. Would it be possble to colour code France itself and Algeria - Met. France, that is - in a slightly darker clour than the rest of the Empire, Passit? And...

In a world where Communism and Stalin in person is more or less identified as evil incarnate by most westerners from day one of the post-war period, I think the mood will be they-might-be-bastards-but-they-are-our-anti-Commie-friendly-bastards. Furthermore, the US is for a good time quite alone...