ARCHIVED: The Space Race

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Scandigradian Press Release! Breaking News!:
SSA is pleased to announce that yesterday afternoon, an agreement was reached between the Kingdom of McMasterdonia and the Commonwealth of Scandigrad to begin joint venture missions, with the ultimate goal to place a space station into orbit.
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The Syrixian People's Council eyes the press release from Scandigrad intently.

Councilor Isamu Ningyo: I'm not sure this is directed at us, but we cannot allow the People to feel like inferiors...

Councilor Shaw Atlas: We have to start up a Space Program of our own.

Councilor Vitrius Holmes: It is indeed vital. The Ministry of Culture has voted upon this; the resolution to begin a space program was ratified UNANIMOUSLY.

Councilor Savus Archelius looks at Councilor Ningyo with a feeling of dread.

Councilor Auel Vist: The only rockets we have at the moment are our nuclear missiles! How can we make real rockets?

Councilor Shaw Atlas: By combining some of the rockets for use in the program. The metal exterior can be used as material to build the rocket out of, and the plutonium cores can be utilized to blast the rockets into space!

Premier John Sirus: I approve this motion if ratified, however I suggest we use our obsidian surplus from Stonessfurd to create sturdy rockets. The plutonium cores would blow normal steel apart, but obsidian could handle it adequately. One of our rockets would be in space within one minute at most! If possible, we could even "customize" them into starships, however that could take at least a few decades to become possible.

Councilor Shaw Atlas: All in favor?

All Others: Aye.

Councilor Shaw Atlas: All in disagreement?

No one speaks.

Premier John Sirus: This motion is now ratified. Councilor Atlas and Councilor Holmes shall contact Eumenor, Svoboda Soyuz Iz Bolsheviki, Narnia, and Tomb and ask for assistance. We need all the help we can get to beat Scandigrad. The People's self-esteem is at risk!




The Premier speaks to the Syrixian public. The People cheer in approval. Construction of the very first Syrixian rocket begins, and the phone lines are clogged with international calls from the two Councilors.​
 
Wonderful! We now outnumber Scandigrad's space team! (Him and McMasterdonia)

Scandigrad is f@#$ed.
 
Egalotir, one of the region's best scientists and technology in space exploration, would be happy to help.
 
Thanks! That's Nessuno, Egalotir, Tomb and Syrixia VS Scandigrad and McMasterdonia.

Scandigrad is so gonna lose this one.
 
Syrixia:
Wonderful! We now outnumber Scandigrad's space team! (Him and McMasterdonia)

Scandigrad is f@#$ed.
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Scandigrad has been working on their Space program for years. That combined with the expertise from McMasterdonia is surely going to leave the Syrixian people's space program for dead.
 
I wouldn't be so sure. We've got around 4 countries working on this jointly; you just have two.

Infact, we have plans to launch into space by 5:30 PM EST.
 
The Democratic Republic of Eumenor pledges its extensive fusion energy research, as a cleaner and more efficient power source than the plutonium cores. We have eight large and functioning tokamaks and have developed a small fusion reactor based on scaled down spherical tokamaks which can power your rockets.
 
Sweet! If possible, could each nation send an astronaut to go into space on the first rocket by 5:30 PM EST today?

The Premier has urged his personal wishes to be Syrixia's astronaut.
 
Syrixia:
Sweet! If possible, could each nation send an astronaut to go into space on the first rocket by 5:30 PM EST today?

The Premier has urged his personal wishes to be Syrixia's astronaut.
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You do't think it's too soon to lounch the first rocket?
It would be better perform other tests.
 
ASTRONAUT LIST (#1)

Syrixia- Prime Minister John Sirus

Eumenor- Mr. Thomas Mast
 
ASTRONAUT LIST (CURRENT)

Syrixia- Prime Minister John Sirus

Eumenor- Mr. Thomas Mast

Nessuno- Mr. James Washington
 
Syrixia:
I wouldn't be so sure. We've got around 4 countries working on this jointly; you just have two.

Infact, we have plans to launch into space by 5:30 PM EST.
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OOC: Not to piss on your parade, but you have only just launched your space program. You're also a very new nation. I think it is extremely unrealistic for the entire space program to be up and underway and off to space within the week.
 
mcmasterdonia:
OOC: Not to piss on your parade, but you have only just launched your space program. You're also a very new nation. I think it is extremely unrealistic for the entire space program to be up and underway and off to space within the week.
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OOC: To be fair, that's godmodding a bit.
And Thomas MAST stands for Thomas Mega Ampere Spherical Tokamak, hence fusion.
 
Not sure that Lego is stable enough for us to beat the McMasterdonian space program...let's not do that.
 
Due to the inaccurate and virtually impossible scientific data and goals provided by the nations of Eumenor and Syrixia, Egalotir has pulled all funding and workforce from the joint program.

Egalotir would also like to offer the Kingdom of McMasterdonia and the Commonwealth of Scandigrad our resources in achieving a real space flight, with advanced technology, and long lasting goals.
 
Ouch, Egalotir. Who said our research was impossible? Just last week, I was at Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, the leading fusion research site in the world, and home to the famous nuclear fusion tokamaks JET (Joint European Torus) and MAST (Mega Ampere Spherical Tokamak). I have seen what I am describing first hand. Basically, you create a plasma and hit some deuterium and tritium together and you get helium and a free neutron, from which you get your energy. In a modern RP, it is allowed to be a bit in the future; scaling down this technology is not too far away. In fact, there are already small tokamaks that could fit in a rocket. The only problem is they are quite ineffective, but Eumenor could easily have come up with a way to make them more OP. I agree though, the launch date is a bit... optimistic. Give it at least a week, Syrixia, if you want this to be respected.
 
As an aerospace engineer, the amount of energy required to place a nuclear fusion rocket into space is in the extreme. The infrastructure within the rocket required to withstand such a process would be incredibly heavy and inefficient. The optimal use is Liquid hydrogen or Oxygen mixed with Kerosene.

In terms of actual space flight, Egalotir has found that large solar sails, and ionic thrusters have the highest specific impulse among rocket engines, and are the most efficient.

Your space programs timeline is completely realistic and the costs of implementing the systems you have in mind would bankrupt an entire region. We will continue to collaborate with the Kingdom of McMasterdonia and Scandigrad.
 
CAN'T A MAN HAVE DREAMS?!? I know nothing about rocket science, apart from the fact that solar sales and ionic thrusters are used in Star Wars. And maybe Eumenor has found a way to do it with low infrastructure and low energy. This is a role play, not a textbook! I'm for creativity, not blind adherence to the fact!
 
The Spokesman of Eumenor:
This is a role play, not a textbook! I'm for creativity, not blind adherence to the fact!
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Not when I roleplay for realism. Role play means making a creative story. It is fully possible to make a great, creative role play with adherence to fact.

As the OP for this whole debacle, I would like to say a few things.

First off, I have no interest in a space race roleplay. Syrixia did that on his own accord. I will not be responding further to this specific roleplay.

Second off, lending a bit to the imagination, but this entire thing is completely off the wall. Even if I had been interested in doing this, the claims and timeline are completely absurd. You don't even need to be meticulous with the claims; just spend five minutes on wikipedia. A good roleplay has some research involved.

tl;dr I am not a willing participant in this RP, and the claims I am seeing are, as you said yourself, borderline godmodding.
 
The Spokesman of Eumenor:
Ouch, Egalotir. Who said our research was impossible? Just last week, I was at Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, the leading fusion research site in the world, and home to the famous nuclear fusion tokamaks JET (Joint European Torus) and MAST (Mega Ampere Spherical Tokamak). I have seen what I am describing first hand. Basically, you create a plasma and hit some deuterium and tritium together and you get helium and a free neutron, from which you get your energy. In a modern RP, it is allowed to be a bit in the future; scaling down this technology is not too far away. In fact, there are already small tokamaks that could fit in a rocket. The only problem is they are quite ineffective, but Eumenor could easily have come up with a way to make them more OP. I agree though, the launch date is a bit... optimistic. Give it at least a week, Syrixia, if you want this to be respected.
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Maybe we could give it a week. The rocket still has to be tested and revised.
 
The Spokesman of Eumenor:
How about we paint the rocket as if its made of lego?
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I'm all for that, but let's test and revise the rocket first. If we paint first and revise after it may ruin the paint.
 
Though I will say since our government change, the idea of competition has been rather absurd to Syrixia. Perhaps we could cooperate with Scandigrad and set up a joint space program? We'd get into space earlier as well.

Should we do that or continue to compete? Thoughts?
 
Ok ok you win. We'll test and revise it for a week.

*A massive rocket is wheeled slowly into the Dispersis' hangar*

Here, what do you think? This look alright?

-Alfred Nursson, Syrixian Space Program Project Manager
 
Syrixia:
Ok ok you win. We'll test and revise it for a week.

*A massive rocket is wheeled slowly into the Dispersis' hangar*

Here, what do you think? This look alright?

-Alfred Nursson, Syrixian Space Program Project Manager
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Thanks Syrixia, so now we'll proceed with testing.
Eumenor and Egalotir can you help us?
 
Ahem, small scale, lightweight, tokamak.
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