Personal timeline:
Fall 2007: Rockhounds, Inc., legally registered in the USA, corporate headquarters, Rochester NY. Contracts signed with Dolomite, NASA.
Winter 2007: Chris Marsden gets hold of a US Navy tug at a salvage auction, applies a lot of handwavium and a few prayers to Deities Of Choice, and heads off to find a Cool Rock.
Spring 2007: First Space Rock returned to Earth Orbit, mining begins. Contract proposals for additional Rocks begin pouring in.
Summer 2007: NASA/DARPA/USAF establish Transrationality Scientific Assessment Bureau to study and reverse-engineer handwavium devices. Colonel Stephen Caldwell, USAF, appointed administrator of TSAB Station Benjamin Franklin (nee Space Rock #4).
Winter 2007: Marsden begins preparation of the Garden on Space Rock #5.
Summer 2008: Space Rock #7 is returned to the Belt to become the core of Seijutaigakure no Sato. First sighting of Ayanami Rei in the Garden.
Winter 2008/09: Marsden decides to retire from personal participation in asteroid prospecting. Rockhounds, Inc. refocuses business to brokerage between mining companies, purchasers, and prospectors. Corporate HQ moved to Space Rock #5, which is christened Greenwood.
Summer 2009: Amy O'Connell is transferred to the TSAB and inspires Marsden to provide them a gift of specially-designed uniforms. --
"I give you the beautiful... the talented... the tirelessly atomic-powered...
R!
DOROTHY!
WAYNERIGHT!
--
Sucrose Octanitrate.
Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.
Fall 2007: Rockhounds, Inc., legally registered in the USA, corporate headquarters, Rochester NY. Contracts signed with Dolomite, NASA.
Winter 2007: Chris Marsden gets hold of a US Navy tug at a salvage auction, applies a lot of handwavium and a few prayers to Deities Of Choice, and heads off to find a Cool Rock.
Spring 2007: First Space Rock returned to Earth Orbit, mining begins. Contract proposals for additional Rocks begin pouring in.
Summer 2007: NASA/DARPA/USAF establish Transrationality Scientific Assessment Bureau to study and reverse-engineer handwavium devices. Colonel Stephen Caldwell, USAF, appointed administrator of TSAB Station Benjamin Franklin (nee Space Rock #4).
Winter 2007: Marsden begins preparation of the Garden on Space Rock #5.
Summer 2008: Space Rock #7 is returned to the Belt to become the core of Seijutaigakure no Sato. First sighting of Ayanami Rei in the Garden.
Winter 2008/09: Marsden decides to retire from personal participation in asteroid prospecting. Rockhounds, Inc. refocuses business to brokerage between mining companies, purchasers, and prospectors. Corporate HQ moved to Space Rock #5, which is christened Greenwood.
Summer 2009: Amy O'Connell is transferred to the TSAB and inspires Marsden to provide them a gift of specially-designed uniforms. --
"I give you the beautiful... the talented... the tirelessly atomic-powered...
R!
DOROTHY!
WAYNERIGHT!
--
Sucrose Octanitrate.
Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.