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-==== Explorers: ad astra ====
+====== Explorers: Ad astra ======
-**** What is it ? ****
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+** What is it ? **
 A huge space TL (if not a space wank at times, admittedly: an utopia rather than a dystopia. Archibald hates dystopias)
-It fill 1400 pages (!) of a WORD file and truth be told,
+It fill 1400 pages of a WORD file and truth be told !
 I'm still adding things (!). It is a never-ending project,
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-**** List of Post ****
+** List of Post **
+===Part 1 Early Moves (1968-1971)===
 [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/|Post 1: Introduction]]
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 [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-2#post-11299637|Post 4: Apollo 8 August 20, 1968]]
-[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-2#post-11309000|Extract 1: Soviet and Russian Lunar Exploration by Brian Harvey (2007)]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-2#post-11309000|Excerpt 1: Soviet and Russian Lunar Exploration by Brian Harvey (2007)]]
 [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-2#post-11317695|Post 5: Apollo 8 - time to start serious business]]
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 [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-3#post-11373990|Post 14: introducing a fictionnal character - Owen Gordon]]
+===Part 2 Space (1971-1972)===
 [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-3#post-11382151|Post 15:  the space shuttle alternate history - let's start]]
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 [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-5#post-11477083|Post 30: October 25, at Manned Spaceflight Center, Houston, Texas]]
-[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-5#post-11477109|Extract 2: "Factors for a Decision on a New Reusable Space Transportation System by Klaus P. Heiss and Oskar Morgenstern,"]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-5#post-11477109|Excerpt 2: "Factors for a Decision on a New Reusable Space Transportation System by Klaus P. Heiss and Oskar Morgenstern,"]]
 [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-5#post-11482111|Post 31: The shuttle is half dead.. yet it might be even worse for NASA]]
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 [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-6#post-11506714|Post 37: Why no European deep space probes in the 70's, 80's ? Because...]]
+===Part 3 Helios (1972-1979)===
 [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-6#post-11510915|Post 38: 1972 is coming ! Brace yourself for an eventful year in NASA history...]]
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 [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-9#post-11639626|Post 51: wings into space]]
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+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-9#post-11656002|Post 52: talking about Saturn V future (this is straight out of OTL)]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-9#post-11663153|Post 53: straight out of OTL (Siddqi) A Buran soviet space shuttle ? what is that ?]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-9#post-11672528|Post 54: Excerpt from: A history of the European Space Agency, 1958 - 1987 (ITTL)]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-9#post-11686226|Post 55: Agena going big]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-9#post-11686235|Post 56: How NOT to build a space station - as done with 1984 Freedom]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-9#post-11686253|Background information]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-9#post-11690548|Post 57: Decision point - and the winner is...]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-10#post-11699887|Post 58: meanwhile in Europe]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-10#post-11705971|Post 59: July 5, 1972. Downey, California]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-10#post-11717103]|Post 60: X-24]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-10#post-11732656|Post 61: The space station decision]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-10#post-11735979|Post 62: Asnys, Delta Force - this one is for you !]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-10#post-11744675|Post 63: enter Alvin Weinberg]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-11#post-11792281|Post 64: back into business]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-11#post-11821700|Post 65: November 23 1972. Baikonur, Kazakhstan]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-11#post-11831426|Post 66: some alt-history within the alt-history]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-11#post-11871505|Excerpt 3:
+The synerjet engine: key to spaceliner, a brief history of the Supercharged Ejector RamJet (1965 – 1972), by: William J.D Escher]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-11#post-11882251|Excerpt 4: from: A history of the European Space Agency, 1958 - 1987 (ITTL)]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-11#post-11895429|Post 67: and now... a little alternate pop culture]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-12#post-11916010|Post 68: Hippies on the Moon - with Apollo (four decades before Golden Spike)]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-12#post-11935115|Post 69: alternate pop culture, part 2]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-12#post-11957203|Post 70: Gemini-B1 test flight]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-12#post-11957232|Post 71: 14 May 1973 launch of Skylab.]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-12#post-11966140|Post 72: the Soviets, part 1]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-12#post-11970992|Post 73: the Soviets, part 2]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-13#post-12006384|Post 74: The Soviets, part 3]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-13#post-12020297|Post 75: Skylab second life]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-13#post-12020560|Post 76: More from the Soviets]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-13#post-12024144|Post 77: October 1973 – February 1974 OIL]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-13#post-12042323|Post 78: May 16, 1974, "It isn’t ours to divine the future."]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-13#post-12052213|Post 79: August 9, 1974. The Soviet lunar program]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-14#post-12062524|Post 80: the space shuttle ghost]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-14#post-12078385|Post 90: JPL, planetary exploration, and the National Academies]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-14#post-12088352|Post 91: astronaut class]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-14#post-12110520|Post 92: It's ugly, but it gets you there.]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-14#post-12122100|Post 93: Apollo and lifting bodies]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-14#post-12140062|Post 94: The NRO is watching you !]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-14#post-12171820|Post 95 Peter N. James’s none-too-subtly titled book Soviet Conquest From Space]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-15#post-12198600|Post 95:  CNES meeting in Beaugency, about feasibility of using Ariane for manned flight.]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-15#post-12209240|Post 96: ISS: the interim space station]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-15#post-12231030|Post 97: March 21, 1976.]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-15#post-12249371|Post 98: HOW TO REPLACE THE APOLLO LUNAR LANDING SYSTEM (1976)]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-15#post-12260650|Post 99: April 1976. Mo Udall, in his run for the democratic nomination]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-15#post-12275750|Post 100: Lockheed bribery scandal, NASA, and the Agena]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-16#post-12291242|Post 101: Diagonal to space]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-16#post-12296110|Post 102: Langley taking the helm - the shuttle dream ain't dead yet]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-16#post-12314702|Post 103: Maskirovka, part I]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-17#post-12384698|Post 104: little update on planetary exploration]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-17#post-12408507|Post 105: March 27, 1977 Helios spacecraft "//America//" in orbit.]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-17#post-12422982|Post 106: The Maskirovka, part II]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-17#post-12432019|background information about Space Hardware in this TL]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-18#post-12450943|background information about NRO spysats]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-18#post-12470395|Post 107:THE COSMOS 929 ENIGMA]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-18#post-12492990|Post 108:LOCKHEED WINS SPACE TELESCOPE]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-18#post-12546270|Excerpt 5]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-18#post-12558495|Post 109: DIAGONAL and ECONOMICS OF ROCKET REUSE]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-19#post-12580583|Post 110: L-5 Society & National Space Institute and  the Space Settlement Society]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-19#post-12616110|Post 111: pop culture Part III]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-19#post-12631075|Post 112: Helios Soyuz Test program]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-19#post-12638138|background information to post 112]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-19#post-12638517|Post 113: Olin "Tiger" Teague or how the space program changing the face of politics]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-20#post-12648549|Post 114: The X-27 Test flight under  Subscale Shuttle Program]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-20#post-12728339|Post 115: pop culture Part IV]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-20#post-12733784|Post 116: MKBS]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-20#post-12753001|Post 117: Kosmos 954 problems]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-20#post-12791198|Post 118: October 4 1978. Launch Complex 41]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-20#post-12845340|Post 119: Saint Louis, Missouri, the home of McDonnell Douglas]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-21#post-12850766|Post 120:March 15 1979 Kindley Naval Air Station, Bermuda (Skylab Deorbit)]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-21#post-12896687|Post 121:May 1979 Paris, France (a French spationaut on Soviet spacecraft)]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-21#post-12919710|Post 122: July 21 1979, US Präsident Election]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-21#post-12979984|Post 123: Space Telescope"]]
+===Part 4 Liberty (1979-1999)===
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-23#post-13052470|Post 124:November 14, 1979]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-23#post-13107843|Post 125: October 12, 1979]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-23#post-13133246|Post 126: The closure of Marshall space flight center and launch of Liberty module]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-23#post-13160139|Post 127: Hyperion docking with Liberty module]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-23#post-13193615|Post 128: Commercials Titan Rocket]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-24#post-13232365|Post 129: Additional Moduls for Liberty Station.]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-24#post-13282175|Post 130: The eruption of Mount St Helens view from Space ]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-24#post-13331913|Post 131: Blue Helios missions.]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-25#post-13698096|Post 132: 1973 Concorde chasing a Solar eclipse across the Earth]]
+[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/explorers-ad-astra.366697/page-26#post-13974586|post 133: cold war heating up !]]
+===Part 5 Explorers (Beyond 2000)===
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