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  1. WI: Falcon Heavy to Mars

    In September 2016, Elon Musk unveiled his concept for an "Interplanetary Transport System", a fully reusable system for ferying people and equipment between Earth and Mars. This would go on to evolve into the "BFR" and later Starship/Super Heavy. At that time, Falcon 9 had performed its first...

  2. A Sound of Thunder: The Rise of the Soviet Superbooster
    Threadmarks: Prelude: Birth of a Giant

    Prelude: Birth of a Giant "I believe that this Nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to Earth." - President John F. Kennedy, 25th May, 1961, United States Congress, Washington DC...

  3. The Snow Flies: A History of the Soviet Space Shuttle

    (Original thread can be found here). Report from “Wedel-Schulauer Tageblatt”, Saturday 16th May 1987 “Wreckage Found in Search for Wedel Pilot” “English newspapers are reporting the discovery of wreckage believed to be from a light aircraft in the North Sea 325 km south of the Faroe Isles...

  4. The Snow Flies: A History of the Soviet Space Shuttle
    Threadmarks: Mission 1K1: Buran's First Flight

    Report from “Wedel-Schulauer Tageblatt”, Saturday 16th May 1987 “Wreckage Found in Search for Wedel Pilot” “English newspapers are reporting the discovery of wreckage believed to be from a light aircraft in the North Sea 325 km south of the Faroe Isles. The debris found so far is consistent...

  5. WI: Hong Kong's population relocated to Northern Ireland

    I heard on the radio this morning that British government papers from the 1980s have just been released showing the civil service was considering the idea of relocating the population of Hong Kong to a purpose-built city-state in Northern Ireland :eek: Unfortunately, I wasn't able to listen to...

  6. ACH: Get the Hard ECU adopted instead of the euro

    I recently read this report looking again at the proposal for a Hard ECU as a alternative to the Delors Plan (which resulted in the euro single currency) as a route to European Economic and Monetary Union. The Hard ECU would have established fixed-but-adjustable exchange rates between the...

  7. Kolyma's Shadow: An Alternate Space Race
    Threadmarks: Part I Post #1: Teaser

    Part I Post #1: Teaser Wernher von Braun was not a happy man. Entering his Cocoa Beach hotel room, he slammed the door behind him and headed straight for the minibar. Grabbing a bottle of Bourbon, he poured himself a large glass and gulped down a mouthful. He’d just left a...
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