New beta of the ESA/JAXA timeline (will be extended in the "Gas Station" story). This one should be more compatible with ECSNorway's plans.
Fall 2013:
Serenity Con. Parts of the Catalog are published to Fenspace.
November 2013:
Several Daneverse organisation, including ESA and JAXA grab a copy of the Catalog for themselves.
December 2013:
ESA and JAXA have a secret meeting to discuss the ramifications of the Catalog. Together they draw up a plan for getting their governments to spend more money for space travel.
January 2014:
ESA and JAXA approach the governments of Japan and the EU with a proposal to supply both with a clean and cheap source of energy. After a week of discussion, both governments agree to channel more money into their space organizations.
Spring 2014:
With preliminary reverse engineering looking good, a large team of engineers begin the design of the Thor Heyerdahl.
Summer 2014:
Japan pays a group of Fen to deliver 15 gram of Helium-3. Some Fen “Saturn Divers” get pretty rich.
December 2014:
The new ‘high efficiency magnetic ion engine’ is tested successfully in a vacuum chamber.
February 2015:
The ‘Toshiba Electrostatic Stellarator’ produce energy for the first time.
March 2015:
Construction of the Thor Heyerdahl at ESAs orbital depot begins.
15. February 2016:
Maiden Flight of the Thor Heyerdahl to Mars
June 2016:
Based on the experience with the Thor Heyerdahl the construction of the Leif Erikson, the Ferdinand Magellan and the Nobu Shirase begins at Nouveau Paris.
April 2017:
Maiden Flight of the Leif Erikson to Venus. Thor Heyerdahl is called back to Nouveau Paris to modify its design to the other three ISVs.
July 2017:
Nobu Shirase leaves for their flyby mission to Saturn, taking a couple of scientific satellites with it.
10. November 2017:
Operation “Aurora 2017” launches from Nouveau Paris.
11. December 2017:
All four ISVs reach Saturn. All material is unloaded and the ISVs immediately leave again for Earth.
12. January 2018:
The four ISVs reach Nouveau Paris. After a checkup, they are loaded with more materials for the Saturn base.
20. February 2018:
Second batch of material reaches Saturn. The ISVs are sent back to have them at Earth if Saturn needs more deliveries.
19. April 2018:
Terror attack by ‘Green Fist’ on the construction site at Saturn. (Details to be delivered in story ^^)
November 2018:
Ferdinand Magellan delivers a first “symbolic” batch of 10 kg Helium-3 to Earth. Extraction is projected to increase over a few orders of magnitude in 2019.
Summer 2019:
The station on Saturn begins to extract Nitrogen gas from the atmosphere of Titan as reaction mass for the ISVs.
15. March 2022:
ESA and JAXA announce their plan to build a space elevator in South America together with AEB, the Brazilian Space Agency. The hope to finish the project by 2030.
Fall 2013:
Serenity Con. Parts of the Catalog are published to Fenspace.
November 2013:
Several Daneverse organisation, including ESA and JAXA grab a copy of the Catalog for themselves.
December 2013:
ESA and JAXA have a secret meeting to discuss the ramifications of the Catalog. Together they draw up a plan for getting their governments to spend more money for space travel.
January 2014:
ESA and JAXA approach the governments of Japan and the EU with a proposal to supply both with a clean and cheap source of energy. After a week of discussion, both governments agree to channel more money into their space organizations.
Spring 2014:
With preliminary reverse engineering looking good, a large team of engineers begin the design of the Thor Heyerdahl.
Summer 2014:
Japan pays a group of Fen to deliver 15 gram of Helium-3. Some Fen “Saturn Divers” get pretty rich.
December 2014:
The new ‘high efficiency magnetic ion engine’ is tested successfully in a vacuum chamber.
February 2015:
The ‘Toshiba Electrostatic Stellarator’ produce energy for the first time.
March 2015:
Construction of the Thor Heyerdahl at ESAs orbital depot begins.
15. February 2016:
Maiden Flight of the Thor Heyerdahl to Mars
June 2016:
Based on the experience with the Thor Heyerdahl the construction of the Leif Erikson, the Ferdinand Magellan and the Nobu Shirase begins at Nouveau Paris.
April 2017:
Maiden Flight of the Leif Erikson to Venus. Thor Heyerdahl is called back to Nouveau Paris to modify its design to the other three ISVs.
July 2017:
Nobu Shirase leaves for their flyby mission to Saturn, taking a couple of scientific satellites with it.
10. November 2017:
Operation “Aurora 2017” launches from Nouveau Paris.
11. December 2017:
All four ISVs reach Saturn. All material is unloaded and the ISVs immediately leave again for Earth.
12. January 2018:
The four ISVs reach Nouveau Paris. After a checkup, they are loaded with more materials for the Saturn base.
20. February 2018:
Second batch of material reaches Saturn. The ISVs are sent back to have them at Earth if Saturn needs more deliveries.
19. April 2018:
Terror attack by ‘Green Fist’ on the construction site at Saturn. (Details to be delivered in story ^^)
November 2018:
Ferdinand Magellan delivers a first “symbolic” batch of 10 kg Helium-3 to Earth. Extraction is projected to increase over a few orders of magnitude in 2019.
Summer 2019:
The station on Saturn begins to extract Nitrogen gas from the atmosphere of Titan as reaction mass for the ISVs.
15. March 2022:
ESA and JAXA announce their plan to build a space elevator in South America together with AEB, the Brazilian Space Agency. The hope to finish the project by 2030.