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  1. Rocketdyne_J2

    Time After Time: Imprints of the Space Transportation System Booster
    Threadmarks: Prologue: Teaser

    Prologue: "Tap-off" It was the spring of 1981. A whitish visage emerges from the Orbiter Processing Facility. Rolled back on brand new tires, its fresh silica surface sparkles under the power of floodlights. It dwarfs the swarm of people, mostly reporters, trying to get their first peek at this...
  2. SingularityG3

    Glorious Dawn : An Alternate Space Age
    Threadmarks: Chapter 1 - Piercing The Veil

    Welcome, everyone, to Glorious Dawn! This is an Alternate Spaceflight Timeline which should hopefully be factoring in the political landscape of the respective times, To keep everything as accurate as possible. If you see any historical inaccuracies don't be afraid to let me know, I'll try to...
  3. What would it take for NASA to secure a second production run of Saturn V's?

    Not including test articles, NASA purchased 15 Saturn V's for the Apollo Program. [SA-500-515]. My question is what would it take for NASA to secure a second production run of Saturn V's for a potential space station program in the 70's and 80's?
  4. WI: A better Saturn IB

    One of the failures of the US Apollo program was it's failure to produce much hardware or infrastructure that would be used in America's future space endeavors. In part, this was due to NASA wanting to move on to bigger and better things, and usually WIs focusing on the post-Apollo period look...
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