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Rocket Design Agency - A Playtesting Quest

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  • Informational
    • NASA
    Brad L. Whipple - Director, New Alleghany Space Administration

    Payload Design - +1
    Rocket Design - +2
    Engine Design - +3
    Mission Planning - +1
    Flight Control - +2
    Damage Control - +0
    Spacecraft Activity - +0
    Extravehicular Activity - +0
    Experimental Activity - +2

    Flight Objectives
    - Continue scientific launches, progressing to probes into the space beyond orbit by year end 1959.
    - Begin experiments which will allow a progression to human spaceflight before year end 1960.
    - Cooperate with the Armed Forces in developing their abilities through the application of spaceflight.

    Mission Schedule - Current Date: January 1960
    - Low Orbit 1 (Summer 1958) - Hope-2 (Partial failure)
    - Re-entry test 1 - Sub-orbital - Full Success, August 1958
    - Low Orbit 2 - Partial Failure, Hope-3 , October 1958
    - Re-entry test 2 - Failure, November 1958
    - Military Communications - Success, ARTS, December 1958
    - High Orbit 1 - Success, Hope-4, January 1959
    - Re-entry test 3 - Success, March 1959
    - Bio-sciences - Launch Failure, July 1959
    - Discovery 1, Success, September 1959
    - High Orbit 2 - Success, Hope-5, October 1959
    - Lunar Probe - Launch Failure, Artemis-Lunar, November 1959
    - Bio-sciences - Success, Astrocaphe-Chuck, December 1959
    - Discovery 2 - Failure, January 1960
    - Astrocathe test - Success, animal in space, February 1960
    - March lost due to Artemis redesign
    - NAN payload - April 1960 - First Hermes Flight
    - Crown 3 - Spring/Summer 1960
    - Commercial payload - Summer 1960
    - IRVOS 1 - Summer 1960
    - NAA Communications - Summer/Fall 1960
    - Space Camp test - Summer/Fall 1960
    - NAN payload - Fall/Winter 1960
    - Commercial payload -Winter 1960
    - Astrocathe test - Winter 1960
    - NAA Communications - Spring 1961

    - Astrocaphe phase 1 (3 crewed flights)
    - Astrocaphe phase 2 (3 crewed flights)

    Hardware
    - Prometheus (1M to LEO)
    - Hermes-L (6M to LEO)
    - Hermes-B (8M to LEO)

    Andre Larkin - Team Lead at EPL
    Rocket Design 0
    Engine Design +2


    EPL Design Team
    Antony Miratha, Aerodynamics
    Susan Stone, Astrophysics
    Michael Cole, Rocket Engineering
    Amy Mathews, Trajectory Planning
    Simon T. Harrison, Chemical Engineering

    +2 Rocket Design, +2 Payload Design +1 Engine Design, +1 Fuel Selection, +1 Flight Planning

    Side Characters
    Dr. Evan Hart - Research Director at EPL
    Arthur Ley, proponent of Lunar flight.
    Franz Haber, Doctor and researcher.
    Dieter von Markand, Pacifist and astrophysicist.

    EPL Facilities
    Design workshop
    Chemical research laboratory
    Launch analysis equipment
    (Please note that EPL has neither rocket nor engine manufacturing facilities)
     
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    • That two stage rocket is a hateful thing. Pretty, though.

    Unlike the akitsukini rocket. Which is perfect. Absolutely perfect.
     
    Rolling!

    E: The first one got my hopes up. Blurgh. Well, it's a partial in this system...
    Shadows threw 2 10-faced dice. Reason: Mystery Roll! Total: 11
    9 9 2 2
     
    In slightly less meme-y responses, I believe this means that there's a nuclear power on the planet, unless anyone else can think of what can reasonably be described as a super-bomb.
     
    Estro said:
    In slightly less meme-y responses, I believe this means that there's a nuclear power on the planet, unless anyone else can think of what can reasonably be described as a super-bomb.
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    From the worldbuilding thread.

    HMS Sophia said:
    Gaya AU worldbuilding:
    Countering the deployment of Akitsukini supersonic fighters from 1949, the Caspian Military revealed two major developments in mid-1951; first, a supersonic bomber capable of mach 1.5 with enough range to strike Tokei and the speed to outrun any interceptors it encountered and, second, it performed the first public detonation of a nuclear weapon.
    While previously theorised and some small developments had been done in the forties the Caspians were the first to have a functional radiological weapon. It quickly became clear that these weapons were being deployed at potential 'flashpoints' alongside the strike bombers designed specifically to carry them. Tensions flared between Caspia and several nations with which the Great Bear shared a border and the world rapidly approached it's self-inflicted doom.
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    It could be a hot war, actually.

    Caspia currently has a nuclear monopoly. They could decide to go for a pre-emptive nuclear strike, to take out an opponent before they can get nukes too and MAD takes effect.
     
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    • Guess who forgot the vote for the last update because she's a silly bugger. So here you go! (These words are inteded to trigger the OP alert, yay!

    Who are you?
    [ ] Arthur Ley, speaking on lunar travel and an expedition to the moon.
    [ ] Franz Haber, speaking on the potential risks of human spaceflight.
    [ ] Brad L. Whipple, speaking on the possibilities of a manned orbiting satellite and observatory.
    [ ] Dieter von Markand, speaking on the question of sovereignty in outer space and the dangers of militarisation.
     
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    • [X] Brad L. Whipple, speaking on the possibilities of a manned orbiting satellite and observatory.

    Honestly, I just really dig this option (and because I'm admittedly a giant fan of the variety of 60s AAP proposals involved manned/man-tended observatories).
     
    [X] Dieter von Markand, speaking on the question of sovereignty in outer space and the dangers of militarisation.
     
    [X] Dieter von Markand, speaking on the question of sovereignty in outer space and the dangers of militarisation.
     
    [x] Arthur Ley, speaking on lunar travel and an expedition to the moon.
     
    Honestly, I could write an essay on any of these, but I can't wait to write one from the perspective of a 1950's scientist with all the knowledge that implies.
     
    [X] Dieter von Markand, speaking on the question of sovereignty in outer space and the dangers of militarisation.

    To argue against militarisation, one has to understand how weapons and work. This gives us a foot in both the military and civilian industries.

    Also cool to be a founder of this universe's equivalent of the FAS.

    HMS Sophia said:
    Comments on the above very welcome!
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    The Raketanplan is like an X-1 with delta wings. But it goes to Mach 3 :o:confused:

    The curvature of the fuselage and the leading edge of the tail in contrast with the sharply angular delta wing is a rather pleasing aesthetic.
     
    Estro said:
    That two stage rocket is a hateful thing. Pretty, though.

    Unlike the akitsukini rocket. Which is perfect. Absolutely perfect.
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    The tiny little extremely powerful Akitsukini SAM with a 250kg warhead and a ridiculous range :p
    Oh yeah, everyone should say thanks to @Estro for designing the rockets I drew btw.

    xa na xa said:
    The Raketanplan is like an X-1 with delta wings. But it goes to Mach 3 :o:confused:

    The curvature of the fuselage and the leading edge of the tail in contrast with the sharply angular delta wing is a rather pleasing aesthetic.
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    Thank you! It's a combo between the X-2 and another era rocket plane with a delta wing, a redone fuselage and a new motor plugged in.
     
    [X] Brad L. Whipple, speaking on the possibilities of a manned orbiting satellite and observatory.
     
    [X] Brad L. Whipple, speaking on the possibilities of a manned orbiting satellite and observatory.
     
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