Some quick dates about JAXA and ESA. I had to retcon the date of the Thor Heyerdahl mission, because I messed up the time for reverse engineering the Catalog tech AND creating the Thor Heyerdahl. The timetable is still tight, but with the interest of both Japan and the EU to get a 'limitless source of clean energy', it should be possible.
Fall 2013 - Like many other larger research institutions interested in space (and Fenspace), both ESA and JAXA acquire a copy of the "public" version of the Whole Fenspace catalog.
Winter 2013 - Representatives of ESA travel to Japan to propose JAXA a joined effort to reactivate their diminished space program with the help of the Catalog. Shortly afterwards both organizations see a boost of their budget for their proposed project for 'clean energy'.
November 2013 - JAXA publicly announces a nationwide effort to reverse engineer the fusion reactor from the catalog. ESA silently begins to hunt down information about advanced ion drives in the Catalog, based on their existing knowledge of the technology.
Spring 2014 - ESA and JAXA begin with the design of the Thor Heyerdahl, based on preliminary designs of the reverse engineered technology.
Summer 2014 - ESA begins to upgrade Nouveau Paris to a full orbital yard.
Spring 2015 - After finishing their reverse engineering project, work on a prototype ship begins in the Nouveau Paris shipyards.
March 2017 - Maiden Flight of the Thor Heyerdahl to Mars.
Autumn 2020 - 'Aurora', the mission to the Saturn Moon Pan starts. The first wave of ISVs leave Nouveau Paris.
September 2020 - The ISVs arrive at Pan. ESA has hired CIs whole space station Jenga to provide logistical support and a safe place to life and sleep for their crew.
What do you think? (I will add more when I manage to break the writer block on the Gas Station story)
Fall 2013 - Like many other larger research institutions interested in space (and Fenspace), both ESA and JAXA acquire a copy of the "public" version of the Whole Fenspace catalog.
Winter 2013 - Representatives of ESA travel to Japan to propose JAXA a joined effort to reactivate their diminished space program with the help of the Catalog. Shortly afterwards both organizations see a boost of their budget for their proposed project for 'clean energy'.
November 2013 - JAXA publicly announces a nationwide effort to reverse engineer the fusion reactor from the catalog. ESA silently begins to hunt down information about advanced ion drives in the Catalog, based on their existing knowledge of the technology.
Spring 2014 - ESA and JAXA begin with the design of the Thor Heyerdahl, based on preliminary designs of the reverse engineered technology.
Summer 2014 - ESA begins to upgrade Nouveau Paris to a full orbital yard.
Spring 2015 - After finishing their reverse engineering project, work on a prototype ship begins in the Nouveau Paris shipyards.
March 2017 - Maiden Flight of the Thor Heyerdahl to Mars.
Autumn 2020 - 'Aurora', the mission to the Saturn Moon Pan starts. The first wave of ISVs leave Nouveau Paris.
September 2020 - The ISVs arrive at Pan. ESA has hired CIs whole space station Jenga to provide logistical support and a safe place to life and sleep for their crew.
What do you think? (I will add more when I manage to break the writer block on the Gas Station story)