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	== Human space flight ==		== Human space flight ==
−	=== ISP Cosmonaut Corps ===	+	=== ISP Cosmonaut Corps & the ISPCC ===
	==== Current cosmonauts ====		==== Current cosmonauts ====
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	*http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w175/candelariaandmarquez/Flag_of_Candelaria_And_Marquez.png Flight Lieutenant Alex Johnson		*http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w175/candelariaandmarquez/Flag_of_Candelaria_And_Marquez.png Flight Lieutenant Alex Johnson
	*http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w175/candelariaandmarquez/Flag_of_Candelaria_And_Marquez.png Pilot Officer Radmilo Ognjenovich		*http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w175/candelariaandmarquez/Flag_of_Candelaria_And_Marquez.png Pilot Officer Radmilo Ognjenovich
−	*http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w175/candelariaandmarquez/Flag_of_Descartesland.png Some Descartian Fella	+	*http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w175/candelariaandmarquez/Flag_of_Candelaria_And_Marquez.png Pilot Officer Damien Suazo
		+	*http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w175/candelariaandmarquez/Flag_of_Candelaria_And_Marquez.png Pilot Officer Louise Owen-Young
		+	*http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w175/candelariaandmarquez/Flag_of_Candelaria_And_Marquez.png Corporal Warren Drysdale
		+	*http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w175/candelariaandmarquez/Flag_of_Candelaria_And_Marquez.png Corporal Ciaran Moriyami
		+	*http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w175/candelariaandmarquez/Flag_of_Candelaria_And_Marquez.png Prof. Kirk Collins
		+	*http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w175/candelariaandmarquez/Flag_of_Candelaria_And_Marquez.png Dr. Kizzy Hilel
		+	*http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w175/candelariaandmarquez/Flag_of_Candelaria_And_Marquez.png Justin Barnard
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	etc.		etc.
	== Senior scientists ==		== Senior scientists ==
		+	''Listed alphabetically. All scientists are assigned to Space Command, Korolov City, unless otherwise stated.''
		+	*http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w175/candelariaandmarquez/Flag_of_Candelaria_And_Marquez.png Prof. Ciara Annicchero
		+	*http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w175/candelariaandmarquez/Flag_of_Descartesland.png Joe Bloggs
		+	*http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w175/candelariaandmarquez/Flag_of_Candelaria_And_Marquez.png http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w175/candelariaandmarquez/China.png Dr. Yuhong Chen (NSF El din)
		+	*http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w175/candelariaandmarquez/Flag_of_Descartesland.png Joe Dloggs (NSF El din)
		+	*http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w175/candelariaandmarquez/Flag_of_Descartesland.png Joe Gloggs
	*http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w175/candelariaandmarquez/Flag_of_Descartesland.png Dr. Mark McFlannighan		*http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w175/candelariaandmarquez/Flag_of_Descartesland.png Dr. Mark McFlannighan
−	*http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w175/candelariaandmarquez/Flag_of_Descartesland.png Prof. Aleksandra Taggert	+	*http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w175/candelariaandmarquez/Flag_of_Descartesland.png Joe Olggs
−	*http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w175/candelariaandmarquez/Flag_of_Candelaria_And_Marquez.png Prof. Ciara Annicchero	+	*http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w175/candelariaandmarquez/Flag_of_Candelaria_And_Marquez.png Prof. Nick Patel (NSF El din)
	*http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w175/candelariaandmarquez/Flag_of_Candelaria_And_Marquez.png Dr. Michael Smith		*http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w175/candelariaandmarquez/Flag_of_Candelaria_And_Marquez.png Dr. Michael Smith
−		+	*http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w175/candelariaandmarquez/Flag_of_Descartesland.png Prof. Aleksandra Taggert
−	=== Engineering & Design ===	+	*http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w175/candelariaandmarquez/Flag_of_Descartesland.png Joe Voggs
−		+	*http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w175/candelariaandmarquez/Flag_of_Candelaria_And_Marquez.png Prof. Isobel Williams (NSF El din)
−	=== Astronomers ===	+	*http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w175/candelariaandmarquez/Flag_of_Descartesland.png Joe Yloggs?
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−	== Administrators ==	+
	== Projects ==		== Projects ==
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	=== Future projects ===		=== Future projects ===
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		+	== Construction ==
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		+	=== Descartesland ===
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		+	=== Candelaria And Marquez ===
		+
		+	The cheapest (if not necessarily simplest) equipment is designed and assembled in the country’s two main universities in Albrecht and Onwere. Most of the rest is the responsibility of two state-owned companies; C&M Motor Vehicles and the recently-established C&Mstellar. The manufacture of the country’s own Morev has been largely out-sourced to Patton-Carmichael, the large domestic automobile company, and assembled at plants in Arrigo, Bove and Ransome-Bkyki Island.
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		+	== Facilities ==
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		+	=== Space Command ===
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		+	=== NSF El din ===
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		+	C&M’s ''National Space Facility'' was opened in 1973, principally as the home of the National Observatory. Today, it is subordinate to Space Command in reguards to the ISP’s ultimate aims but remains responsible for the administration of C&M-built and –launched equipment and the Agujero Spaceport. It remains administered by Dr. Milo Bailey.
	== Military implications ==		== Military implications ==

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International Space Programme

Established	2007
Administrators	Dr. Mark McFlannighan (D) & Dr. Michael Smith (C&M)
Paid employees	?

This wiki is under construction. Really under contruction. Couldn't be more under contruction

The International Space Programme (ISP), established in 2007 is an inter-governmental dedicated to the exploration of space. Its headquaters (Space Command) are in Koryolov City, Descartesland. It also currently operates the National Space Facility in El din, Marquez. ISP has a staff...

ISP's primary launch sites are in Koryolov City and Agujero, Marquez. Its primary aims are to provide a politically nuetral and independent oportunity for 'emergent nations' to pool their resources into a single, egalitarian, Space Programme; and to established itself as a major player in space exploration.

ISP science missions are flown out of Korolyov City with research being split between Korolyov University and Errignore University in Descartesland (for the time being). The ISP Cosmonauts Center (ISPCC), that trains cosmonauts for future missions is situated in Korolyov City.

History and goals

Mission

The current mission of the ISP is to foster innovation in space based technologies for nations that normally do not have the resources at hand to do so. By allowing smaller nations to join and contribute only what they are able while freely sharing technology with all members the ISP fosters an environment of innovation.

Further goals and aims

The ISP’s most obvious and out-spoken aims involve humans in space, namely the establishment of permanently manned space station in orbit in the next 5 years. This will replace current platforms that are only manned for weeks at a time. The ISP also aims to have landed men on the moon by the close of this decade.

Short-term plans involve several launching several more deep space and planetary probes, while in the long-term the agency expects to launch numerous scientific and research projects aimed both at the Earth and the wider galaxy.

History of independent space programs

Descartesland

Descartesland's space program was started with the rebuilding of Korolyov City after the Insurgency. Korolyov City has been held by two of Descartesland's largest neighbors in the past and was used as their staging area for space flight. After gaining independence, large numbers of scientists from Fellesenia, Moorseville, and Orason defected to Descartesland and added their expertise to the nation's science program.

Descartian space flight began in earnest in 2004 with the launch of the first Cothrom class rocket. Soon, missions were being launched quite frequently, recently being stepped up to two per month to increase satellite coverage. Descartesland manages a sophisticated satellite network of hundreds of artificial satelites in orbit. They also maintain 3 space platforms capable of housing a crew for one month at a time. Currently, platform K1 is being used for research on long term exposure to zero-g environments in preparation for a lunar mission.

Many of the nation's current technologies are based off of updated Fellesenian designs. With the addition of the ISP's resources, Descartesland hopes to boost the research and design sector of their Space Command to allow some more advanced space vessels to be built.

With the introduction of the Morev system in 2007, Descartesland entered a new era of spaceflight. With a reusable, easily modifiable space lifter, missions can now last longer and be more specialized.

Candelaria And Marquez

C&M was not known to operate a significant program prior to the establishment of the ISP. As part of the Rushmori Regional Defence Organisation, the Republic played its part in the upkeep and administration of the region’s limited missile defense system, as well as a small network of communications satellites. Long-term projects to establish various meteorological satellites were consistently shelved over the decades though lack of funds and governmental interest. A number of these designs have been resurrected and improved upon since the country’s membership of ISP, and are expected to take the major part of the agency’s ambitious near-future projects.

Foundation

The International Space Programme (ISP) was founded after President James Anderson of Candelaria And Marquez contacted the Descartians about a possible joint space programme. After a short state visit and relatively brief negotiations, Descartesland agreed to share all of their current space technologies with Candelaria And Marquez, as well as begin training cosmonauts.

Member countries, budget and organisations

Member countries

• Descartesland
• Candelaria And Marquez

Associate members

Under the agency's constitution, certain sovereign nations may be permitted to become 'associate members'. These may be countries too small to effectively contribute to the ISP, or larger nations who wish to retain a significant degree of fiscal and operational independence from the group (or are already members of a similar entity).

As dependencies of C&M; Henderson Atoll and Ransome-Bkyki Island are considered associate members.

Membership goals

Though the agency’s administrators have claimed that there are no immediate plans to expand beyond the two initial founding nations, it remains clear that there is the political will in both countries to do so. In the long-term, many of the ISP’s more ambitious projects are evidently reliant on financial and practical support from other nations.

Budget

Language

All meetings of the agency are held in English, as are all official documents. Translations to other tongues are available. Standard 'American' spelling is used as standard, though the spelling of 'Programme' has been established in the 'British' form.

The Descartian Space Force employed the term ‘’’cosmonaut’’’ (an Anglicization of the Russian космонавт) for a space traveler. This convention has been retained in the ISP, where it is considered more semantically correct than the alternative, astronaut.

Political relationships

Comparisons with other space agencies

Launch vehicle fleet

Cothrom II

Currently, no specifications have been released on the Cothrom II rocket, only images comparing it to its predecessor, the Cothrom. More information will be provided after the Cothrom II's first launch.

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Morev

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M.O.R.E.V. = Multi-Use Orbit and Reentry vehicle

Specifications:

Wingpan: 28m Length: 40m Width: 8m Height:18m

Crew size: 3 min, 11 max

Maximum weight: 105 tons Payload weight: 30 tons Landing weight: 82 - 87 tons Returnable payload: 15 - 20 tons

Mission duration: 2-10 days with the ability to extend to 16 and 30 day missions.

Main engines

   engines: three liquid rocket motors fed external tank
   propellant: LOX/liquid hydrogen
   thrust: 1,668 kN Sl, 2,090 kN vac
   specific impulse: 363 s SL, 455 s vac
   burn time: typically 520 s

Orbital maneuvering system

   engines: single jet x two pods
   propellant: NTO/MMH
   propellant mass: 10,830 kg total in two pods
   thrust: each 26.7 kN vac
   specific impulse: 313 s vac
   burn time: 625 s total
   delta v: 305 m/s

Reaction control system

   thrusters: 38 x 3870 N + 6 x 106 N
   propellant: NTO/MMH
   propellant mass: about 3,300 kg
   specific impulse: 289 s vac
   total impulse: 9,355 kNs 

Crew module: The pressurized crew module is an independent 90.3 m3 vessel of welded aluminum suspended within the forward fuselage. The crew module is divided into three principal areas. The flight deck (upper) provides side-by-side seating for two pilots with dual controls and a third seat for mission specialist, as well was stowable seats for up to 8 more crewmembers. On the middle deck, provisions are made for four more seats, bunks, galley, airlock, toilet and three electronics bays. The lower deck contains environmental control systems and storage facilities as well as a laboratory.

Air lock: The mid-deck houses the 5 m2, 1.6 m inner diameter, 2.1 m long airlock. The airlock is sized to accommodate two fully suited astronauts (four suits are carried on most EVA designated missions). Pressurization can be controlled from inside the airlock or mid-deck. The suits are mounted on the walls, where they are checked out/recharged. Two 102 cm D-shaped hatches open forward and down against the main pressure.

Remote Manipulator: The Morev is equipped with two 15.3 m long, 38 cm diameter graphite/epoxy Remote Manipulator System arms. They are installed along the port sill for deployment/recovery of up to 29,500 kg payloads, providing a work platform and for vehicle inspection.

Thermal protection: The reusable thermal protection system (TPS) is applied externally to maintain the airframe outer skins during reentry when temperatures on the nose and wing leading edges can reach 1,650 degrees C.

Environmental/life support:

</div>Cabin air is supplied through two independent loops from the fuel cells' cryogenic oxygen tanks and four 25 kg supplies of nitrogen in the forward bay. The cabin mixture is held at 21% O2/79% N2 normal atmospheric pressure but reduction to 0.69 atm is effected prior to EVAs. Most of the mid-deck sub-floor is devoted to environmental control. Two main 11,000 rpm fans circulate air in five major loops. In the older system, air is drawn through two replacable LiOH/charcoal canisters to hold CO2 content and remove odors. A 147 kg Regenerative CO2 Removal System is currently in place. Air is cooled after flowing through the filters by four heat exchangers. These are part of two parallel water coolant loops. The warmed water is pumped to a cargo bay Freon-21 heat exchanger as part of the main thermal control system. Two parallel Freon loops pumping 1,220 kg/h reject their heat through four pairs of radiator panels, 3 m x 4.6 m, exposed on the inner payload doors. The Orbiter's three independent 27-32 V electrical buses are supplied by three 92 kg, 7 kW fuel cells on the forward cargo bay floor. Reactants are drawn from up to five pairs of cryogenic tanks: 354 kg oxygen and 42 kg hydrogen from each pair. The 11 kg/h of water byproduct is diverted into the cabin tanks for drinking or cooling purposes. The Aft cargo bay has the ability to maintain a secondary tank system for extending the range of the Morev to 16 and 30 day mission capabilities.

Avionics/control: Full duplex fly-by-wire electrical flight control systems. The entire system is controlled through a bank of highly advanced computer systems, capable of 157063 MIPS at 6.33 GHz and capable of storing 5.4 terabytes of data from all onboard sensors. Manual control is available in the case of an extreme emergency by use of hydraulic controls, but this is not a reccomended procedure.

Landing gear: Retractable tricycle type, nose 81 cm diameter, main 113 cm diameter, twin wheels/brakes with pneumatic shock absorbers. Deployed hydraulically in about 5 s some 25 s before touchdown, with pyrotechnic backup. Rated max landing speed 415 km/h. A manually deployed 12.2 m diameter drag 'chute on a 26 m line is now incorporated at the tail base to shorten rollout by 800 m and cut nosewheel contact speed by 37 km/h to 260 km/h, reducing tire/brake wear. It also improves handling characteristics, particularly in crosswinds and on wet runways.

Human space flight

ISP Cosmonaut Corps & the ISPCC

Current cosmonauts

Cosmonauts in training

• Wing Commander F. Connolly Nygaard
• Flight Lieutenant Alex Johnson
• Pilot Officer Radmilo Ognjenovich
• Pilot Officer Damien Suazo
• Pilot Officer Louise Owen-Young
• Corporal Warren Drysdale
• Corporal Ciaran Moriyami
• Prof. Kirk Collins
• Dr. Kizzy Hilel
• Justin Barnard

etc.

Senior scientists

Listed alphabetically. All scientists are assigned to Space Command, Korolov City, unless otherwise stated.

• Prof. Ciara Annicchero
• Joe Bloggs
• Dr. Yuhong Chen (NSF El din)
• Joe Dloggs (NSF El din)
• Joe Gloggs
• Dr. Mark McFlannighan
• Joe Olggs
• Prof. Nick Patel (NSF El din)
• Dr. Michael Smith
• Prof. Aleksandra Taggert
• Joe Voggs
• Prof. Isobel Williams (NSF El din)
• Joe Yloggs?

Projects

ISP Space Station

The ISP aims to begin assembly of an as-yet unnamed, permanently manned, Space Station by early 2008 for completion by 2013. As well as acting as a staging-post for a variety of future missions, a key goal of the station is to provide a place to conduct experiments that require one or more of the unusual conditions that would be present. ISP scientists hope to improve our understanding of the effect of long-term space exposure on the human body through the study of muscle atrophy, bone loss and the general effects of near-weightlessness. The latter would also involve studies on the development and growth of plants and animals.

There are likewise plans to study prominent problems in physics, the Earth’s atmosphere, and such phenomena as cosmic-rays and anti-matter in the Universe.

Current projects already launched

Descartian

C&M

ISP

Current projects to be launched in the near future

Future projects

Construction

Descartesland

Candelaria And Marquez

The cheapest (if not necessarily simplest) equipment is designed and assembled in the country’s two main universities in Albrecht and Onwere. Most of the rest is the responsibility of two state-owned companies; C&M Motor Vehicles and the recently-established C&Mstellar. The manufacture of the country’s own Morev has been largely out-sourced to Patton-Carmichael, the large domestic automobile company, and assembled at plants in Arrigo, Bove and Ransome-Bkyki Island.

Facilities

Space Command

NSF El din

C&M’s National Space Facility was opened in 1973, principally as the home of the National Observatory. Today, it is subordinate to Space Command in reguards to the ISP’s ultimate aims but remains responsible for the administration of C&M-built and –launched equipment and the Agujero Spaceport. It remains administered by Dr. Milo Bailey.

Military implications

Critisms

• A citizen’s rights group in Agujero has raised concerns over the use of the town and nearby land for the launch of rockets and other projects.

• The United Space Programme Act (2007) was comfortably passed by C&M’s House of Representatives on its second reading. Concerns were raised in the House over the Programme’s cost, long-term effectiveness and environmental impact, as well as the implications of such a close relationship with Descartesland.