starscape: the age of optimism
the starscape timeline is separated to 3 periods the age of optimism the age of stagnation and the golden age of space travel
im going to today to talk about the age of optimism because it's the least confusing one and the one ive written the most
the age of optimism took between 1947 to 1978 and it's called like that because of the optimism to the future
the age started with the launch of sputnik 1 in 1947 and the start of the space race
this period is very different to the decades that happened in our world mostly in terms of technologies
see because of the very advanced space programs a lot of technologies have been created that would appear decades later in our world things like personal computers advanced robotics with artificial intelligence
and of course advanced space travel technology
now lets talk about the space hardware firstly we have the ferry rocket
this rocket have been started use in 1952 and it didn't stopped until 1980 when it was replaced with the space shuttle
the ferry was the large rocket where in the end of it there was a small space plane this space plane is being used to construct stuff like space stations and move people there
the most famous of those stations was space station 2 this station sometimes called ss2 is a large nuclear powered station that orbits the earth and can hold up to 80 personal
the station is mainly being used to construct and assemble spacecrafts that would go to the moon and mars
to help with the constructions there are these cone shaped spacesuits called cupsuits that have metallic arms that every arm serve a different purpose they have small thrusters both on the top and bottom to help move the suits
now let's talk about the proses of going to the moon
firstly a space craft need to built or assembled in orbit lets took the RM1
for example the RM1 is a large rocket that can have 4 people it have an airlock for cupsuits in the belly a heat shield
in the front and 7 extra fuel tanks around the engine after being built the RM1 would start the journey to the moon
once there it will dock to the lunar gateway station for refueling then the crew would go to a lunar lander and leave to station
the will then land on the lunar surface near a base after and after getting a massage from the crew the station will automatically take the lander to the station for refueling and cleaning