SAITE TIMELINE 1990-2004
SAITE TIMELINE 1990 TO 2004
1991 AD--Now that the Mars Colony is mostly self-sufficient (at least in the basic
necessities of life), construction begins on industrial and other facilities which will make
the Red Planet economically viable as well. Factories are built to produce various
equipment, and mining of the Martian surface for metals of various kinds begins.
Scientific research also begins to answer a question which has fascinated mankind for
ages...was there, at some point, life on Mars? And does life still exist there? On the
moon, construction has begun on a third major base, to be located on the northeast shore
of the Mare Nubium.
1992 AD--In the years since meat animals were introduced on the moon, some problems
have arisen. It has been found impossible to produce enough feed for the animals on the
moon itself, making imports from earth necessary. And, because of this factor, no meat
animals have been introduced on Mars as of yet, except fish, which are relatively easy to
maintain in a large tank and do not require large amounts of feed. As a result, the
population there lives on a very monotonous vegetable and fish diet, supplemented
occasionally by frozen meat transported from earth in small quantities. In response to
these problems, scientists have been working on an alternate means of producing
meat...without having to raise live animals...called the Bio-Reactor. It has been found
that fresh muscle tissue, if treated with a special growth serum and electrically stimulated
(to simulate the effect of exercise), can be kept alive and will grow. It has taken a couple
of decades of work to make the process work and the product thus produced palatable,
but in mid-1992, the first artificially produced meat is secretly introduced into the
restaurants on the moon in a test, and the consumers there notice no difference between
beef, chicken and pork produced in the Bio-Reactor and that produced by conventional
means. With the success of the new product, the lunar animal population is reduced to
the point where it can be supported by feed produced on the moon itself, and the moon is
now totally self sufficient. Teysas and Arizonac both launch communications satellites.
They apply for admission to ISEP later that year, and are accepted.
1993 AD--The first Bio-Reactors are transported to Mars and begin production of meat
there, allowing a very welcome supplement to the Martian diet. Also in this year, an
international economic summit is held in Ocmulgee (OTL Macon, Georgia), capital of the
Creek Confederacy. At this summit, a treaty is agreed upon which creates a world-wide
currency system. All national currencies are to be gradually phased out and replaced by
the international currency within 20 years.
1994 AD--Ten years after the establishment of the Mars colony, there are now over 5,000
humans living on Mars. Additional living quarters and agricultural facilities have been
built, as needed, to accommodate the growing population. In May, the Creek
Confederacy applies for admission to ISEP, and is admitted. The Mandan Confederacy
will follow suit later that same year. The only nation left which is not a member of ISEP
is Zaire, which is also the most economically depressed nation in the world and thus does
not have the funds for a space program.
1995 AD--At a conference held in Kumbi Saleh, capital of the Ghana Empire, the future
of mankind’s exploration of space is discussed. It is agreed that the primary value of the
Martian colony will be as a base for the launch of missions to the asteroid belt and
Jupiter, and that preparations for these missions will need to begin. A proposal is made
to investigate the possibility of terraforming Mars with the aim of eventually producing a
planet-wide earthlike environment there. After much discussion, this proposal is also
adopted.
1996 AD--Scientists discover the first fossilized lifeforms on Mars. It seems that much
of Mars was once covered by a shallow sea, and fossils of simple single-celled (similar to
earth bacteria) and multi-cellular plant and animal life (similar to algae and sponges on
earth) are discovered. However, nothing more advanced will ever be found...apparently
shortly after those life-forms came into existence, the great disaster...whatever it
was...which caused Mars to lose most of it’s atmosphere and liquid surface water
occurred, and life was extinguished on the planet. Sadly, scientists will never find
evidence that native life still exists on the planet (it had been hoped that simple
bacteria-like life might still survive in the permafrost layer or in the icecaps, but none is
ever found).
1997 AD--Emperor Lee Kai Wang of China dies, and is succeeded by his son, Lee Ching
Ho. On Mars, construction begins on a space port, from where eventually missions will
be launched to the asteroid belt (where high-value, almost pure platinum-group metal ores
can be mined) and Jupiter (whose atmosphere is rich in Helium 3 and which is planned to
eventually replace the moon as the Earth’s primary source of Helium 3), and a shipyard to
build spacecraft. On the moon, the third major base, on the Mare Nubium, is completed.
Also in this year, construction begins on a second Mars settlement.
1998 AD--It is realized by ISEP that the current rockets available are probably not
adequate for a manned mission to the asteroid belt, let alone to Jupiter. The distance
from Mars to the asteroid belt is nearly as much as the distance from Mars to the
Sun...about 140,000,000 miles. And Jupiter lies another 200,000,000 miles beyond the
asteroid belt. Even the currently available nuclear fusion rocket would take about four to
five months to reach the asteroids from Mars, and almost a year to reach Jupiter. Such
long exposure to the cosmic radiation of space would certainly be detrimental, and
possibly deadly, to the crew. So in 1998 research into alternate methods of propulsion
begins, as well as research to improve the Isp produced by the nuclear fusion rocket
(whose theoretical, probably unreachable maximum Isp would be 100,000, so there is
plenty of room for improvement of this technology). It is recognized that this project will
take quite a few years to complete.
1999 AD--Construction begins on a fourth major base on the moon. It will be located on
the south shore of the Mare Imbrium. Additional industrial complexes will be built there
as well (mining and agriculture).
2000 AD-- As the new millennium dawns, over 75,000 people now live on the moon.
Over the past decade, a political movement has taken root there, seeking independence
from ISEP control and the formation of a local government for the moon. This
movement is opposed by ISEP, but no formal crackdown has been made.
2001 AD--The first Lunar General Assembly is held, composed of representatives elected
by the people of the various lunar bases. This gathering, which does not have the
sanction of ISEP, votes to petition the individual ISEP member governments for support
in allowing the people of the moon to assume self-government. Representatives are sent
to Earth later that year and begin negotiations in many nations.
2002 AD--At a meeting of the ISEP governing council called by King Tekanemin XI of
Ghana to discuss the developing political situation on the moon, Inca Emperor Capac
Yupanqui X sponsors a resolution calling for local self-government for the people of the
Moon. He is supported by Egypt, the Norse Kingdom, Ghana, and Teysas, the Creek
Confederacy, and Russia. Rome, China, Arizonac and the Mandan Confederacy vote
against. The United Islamic Republic abstains. The measure passes. Negotiations begin
with the Lunar General Assembly on the conditions on which lunar independence will be
based.
2003 AD--An agreement has been reached between the ISEP nations and the Lunar
General Assembly as to the basis for lunar independence are concluded. Official elections
for a new Lunar General Assembly are to be held next year. Ownership of the Helium 3
mines and processing plants on the moon will remain in the hands of the terrestrial
powers, but they will pay a small excise tax on all Helium 3 shipped from the moon to
earth (this tax will be the lunar government’s primary source of revenue, along with taxes
on lunar hotel rooms and related items). ISEP will withdraw it’s security forces, to be
replaced by forces of the new government. The new “nation†will be called The Republic
of Luna.
2004 AD--In Egypt, preparations are underway for a huge celebration marking the 40th
anniversary of the accession of Pharaoh Seti XIV to the throne. Meanwhile, in July 2004,
elections are held in the new Republic of Luna. In September 2004, Luna applies for
admittance to, and is accepted into, ISEP as a member with full rights and privileges...the
first extraterrestrial member of the organization. Twenty years after the establishment of
the Mars Colony, there are now over 10,000 people living on the Red Planet.
Below is a map of the Republic of Luna as it stands in 2004. Note the new bases on the Mare Imbrium and the Mare Nubium and the industrial complexes on the Mare Imbrium.
SAITE TIMELINE 1990 TO 2004
1991 AD--Now that the Mars Colony is mostly self-sufficient (at least in the basic
necessities of life), construction begins on industrial and other facilities which will make
the Red Planet economically viable as well. Factories are built to produce various
equipment, and mining of the Martian surface for metals of various kinds begins.
Scientific research also begins to answer a question which has fascinated mankind for
ages...was there, at some point, life on Mars? And does life still exist there? On the
moon, construction has begun on a third major base, to be located on the northeast shore
of the Mare Nubium.
1992 AD--In the years since meat animals were introduced on the moon, some problems
have arisen. It has been found impossible to produce enough feed for the animals on the
moon itself, making imports from earth necessary. And, because of this factor, no meat
animals have been introduced on Mars as of yet, except fish, which are relatively easy to
maintain in a large tank and do not require large amounts of feed. As a result, the
population there lives on a very monotonous vegetable and fish diet, supplemented
occasionally by frozen meat transported from earth in small quantities. In response to
these problems, scientists have been working on an alternate means of producing
meat...without having to raise live animals...called the Bio-Reactor. It has been found
that fresh muscle tissue, if treated with a special growth serum and electrically stimulated
(to simulate the effect of exercise), can be kept alive and will grow. It has taken a couple
of decades of work to make the process work and the product thus produced palatable,
but in mid-1992, the first artificially produced meat is secretly introduced into the
restaurants on the moon in a test, and the consumers there notice no difference between
beef, chicken and pork produced in the Bio-Reactor and that produced by conventional
means. With the success of the new product, the lunar animal population is reduced to
the point where it can be supported by feed produced on the moon itself, and the moon is
now totally self sufficient. Teysas and Arizonac both launch communications satellites.
They apply for admission to ISEP later that year, and are accepted.
1993 AD--The first Bio-Reactors are transported to Mars and begin production of meat
there, allowing a very welcome supplement to the Martian diet. Also in this year, an
international economic summit is held in Ocmulgee (OTL Macon, Georgia), capital of the
Creek Confederacy. At this summit, a treaty is agreed upon which creates a world-wide
currency system. All national currencies are to be gradually phased out and replaced by
the international currency within 20 years.
1994 AD--Ten years after the establishment of the Mars colony, there are now over 5,000
humans living on Mars. Additional living quarters and agricultural facilities have been
built, as needed, to accommodate the growing population. In May, the Creek
Confederacy applies for admission to ISEP, and is admitted. The Mandan Confederacy
will follow suit later that same year. The only nation left which is not a member of ISEP
is Zaire, which is also the most economically depressed nation in the world and thus does
not have the funds for a space program.
1995 AD--At a conference held in Kumbi Saleh, capital of the Ghana Empire, the future
of mankind’s exploration of space is discussed. It is agreed that the primary value of the
Martian colony will be as a base for the launch of missions to the asteroid belt and
Jupiter, and that preparations for these missions will need to begin. A proposal is made
to investigate the possibility of terraforming Mars with the aim of eventually producing a
planet-wide earthlike environment there. After much discussion, this proposal is also
adopted.
1996 AD--Scientists discover the first fossilized lifeforms on Mars. It seems that much
of Mars was once covered by a shallow sea, and fossils of simple single-celled (similar to
earth bacteria) and multi-cellular plant and animal life (similar to algae and sponges on
earth) are discovered. However, nothing more advanced will ever be found...apparently
shortly after those life-forms came into existence, the great disaster...whatever it
was...which caused Mars to lose most of it’s atmosphere and liquid surface water
occurred, and life was extinguished on the planet. Sadly, scientists will never find
evidence that native life still exists on the planet (it had been hoped that simple
bacteria-like life might still survive in the permafrost layer or in the icecaps, but none is
ever found).
1997 AD--Emperor Lee Kai Wang of China dies, and is succeeded by his son, Lee Ching
Ho. On Mars, construction begins on a space port, from where eventually missions will
be launched to the asteroid belt (where high-value, almost pure platinum-group metal ores
can be mined) and Jupiter (whose atmosphere is rich in Helium 3 and which is planned to
eventually replace the moon as the Earth’s primary source of Helium 3), and a shipyard to
build spacecraft. On the moon, the third major base, on the Mare Nubium, is completed.
Also in this year, construction begins on a second Mars settlement.
1998 AD--It is realized by ISEP that the current rockets available are probably not
adequate for a manned mission to the asteroid belt, let alone to Jupiter. The distance
from Mars to the asteroid belt is nearly as much as the distance from Mars to the
Sun...about 140,000,000 miles. And Jupiter lies another 200,000,000 miles beyond the
asteroid belt. Even the currently available nuclear fusion rocket would take about four to
five months to reach the asteroids from Mars, and almost a year to reach Jupiter. Such
long exposure to the cosmic radiation of space would certainly be detrimental, and
possibly deadly, to the crew. So in 1998 research into alternate methods of propulsion
begins, as well as research to improve the Isp produced by the nuclear fusion rocket
(whose theoretical, probably unreachable maximum Isp would be 100,000, so there is
plenty of room for improvement of this technology). It is recognized that this project will
take quite a few years to complete.
1999 AD--Construction begins on a fourth major base on the moon. It will be located on
the south shore of the Mare Imbrium. Additional industrial complexes will be built there
as well (mining and agriculture).
2000 AD-- As the new millennium dawns, over 75,000 people now live on the moon.
Over the past decade, a political movement has taken root there, seeking independence
from ISEP control and the formation of a local government for the moon. This
movement is opposed by ISEP, but no formal crackdown has been made.
2001 AD--The first Lunar General Assembly is held, composed of representatives elected
by the people of the various lunar bases. This gathering, which does not have the
sanction of ISEP, votes to petition the individual ISEP member governments for support
in allowing the people of the moon to assume self-government. Representatives are sent
to Earth later that year and begin negotiations in many nations.
2002 AD--At a meeting of the ISEP governing council called by King Tekanemin XI of
Ghana to discuss the developing political situation on the moon, Inca Emperor Capac
Yupanqui X sponsors a resolution calling for local self-government for the people of the
Moon. He is supported by Egypt, the Norse Kingdom, Ghana, and Teysas, the Creek
Confederacy, and Russia. Rome, China, Arizonac and the Mandan Confederacy vote
against. The United Islamic Republic abstains. The measure passes. Negotiations begin
with the Lunar General Assembly on the conditions on which lunar independence will be
based.
2003 AD--An agreement has been reached between the ISEP nations and the Lunar
General Assembly as to the basis for lunar independence are concluded. Official elections
for a new Lunar General Assembly are to be held next year. Ownership of the Helium 3
mines and processing plants on the moon will remain in the hands of the terrestrial
powers, but they will pay a small excise tax on all Helium 3 shipped from the moon to
earth (this tax will be the lunar government’s primary source of revenue, along with taxes
on lunar hotel rooms and related items). ISEP will withdraw it’s security forces, to be
replaced by forces of the new government. The new “nation†will be called The Republic
of Luna.
2004 AD--In Egypt, preparations are underway for a huge celebration marking the 40th
anniversary of the accession of Pharaoh Seti XIV to the throne. Meanwhile, in July 2004,
elections are held in the new Republic of Luna. In September 2004, Luna applies for
admittance to, and is accepted into, ISEP as a member with full rights and privileges...the
first extraterrestrial member of the organization. Twenty years after the establishment of
the Mars Colony, there are now over 10,000 people living on the Red Planet.
Below is a map of the Republic of Luna as it stands in 2004. Note the new bases on the Mare Imbrium and the Mare Nubium and the industrial complexes on the Mare Imbrium.
