Trivalvia
15-09-2006, 22:50
Trivalvian Launch Scheduled for September 16
Saint Asher, Trivalvia (TNS): The Trivalvian government has announced the intended launch of the CosmoMollusk 1 rocket from its recently-built launch site on the island of Isle d'Monovalve. The two-stage rocket will be carrying the nation's first artificial satellite.
"This is a defining moment for our nation," President William Mackensie said to the press this morning. "A demonstration of the ingenuity and resourcefulness of our people. We all should be proud to witness this event."
President MacKensie, who has recently survived a vote of no-confidence due to his statements concerning the Corporate Alliance invasion of the World Soviet Party, has issued an open invitation to governments, press, and private citizens alike, to witness the launch.
"Space Fever" runs rampant.
Meanwhile, citizens all over Trivalvia are caught up in the fervor. "Space fever", as one pundit called it in the Bivalviaton Herald, has swept the nation.
Cafes across the country are offering "Orbital Discounts", and placards reading "Good luck, Cosmomollusk I" and "Trivalvia conquers the stars!" are everywhere. The famous (or infamous) graffitti artist known only as "LeBlanc" painted a large mural depicting the mollusk, Trivalvia's national animal, soaring high above the Earth, on the wall of the Trivalvian National Museum the night before the announcement. Although museum officials are mortified at the "vandalism" as one curator called it, a petition is circling to have the mural preserved.
Greater Goals Ahead
Dr. Ambrose Llewellen, director of the Trivalvian Space Agency, states that the launch is only the beginning.
"There are already plans for a lunar orbiter mission in the works," he said. Llewellen also mentioned possibilities of planetary probes and even manned missions to space within the next ten years.
Saint Asher, Trivalvia (TNS): The Trivalvian government has announced the intended launch of the CosmoMollusk 1 rocket from its recently-built launch site on the island of Isle d'Monovalve. The two-stage rocket will be carrying the nation's first artificial satellite.
"This is a defining moment for our nation," President William Mackensie said to the press this morning. "A demonstration of the ingenuity and resourcefulness of our people. We all should be proud to witness this event."
President MacKensie, who has recently survived a vote of no-confidence due to his statements concerning the Corporate Alliance invasion of the World Soviet Party, has issued an open invitation to governments, press, and private citizens alike, to witness the launch.
"Space Fever" runs rampant.
Meanwhile, citizens all over Trivalvia are caught up in the fervor. "Space fever", as one pundit called it in the Bivalviaton Herald, has swept the nation.
Cafes across the country are offering "Orbital Discounts", and placards reading "Good luck, Cosmomollusk I" and "Trivalvia conquers the stars!" are everywhere. The famous (or infamous) graffitti artist known only as "LeBlanc" painted a large mural depicting the mollusk, Trivalvia's national animal, soaring high above the Earth, on the wall of the Trivalvian National Museum the night before the announcement. Although museum officials are mortified at the "vandalism" as one curator called it, a petition is circling to have the mural preserved.
Greater Goals Ahead
Dr. Ambrose Llewellen, director of the Trivalvian Space Agency, states that the launch is only the beginning.
"There are already plans for a lunar orbiter mission in the works," he said. Llewellen also mentioned possibilities of planetary probes and even manned missions to space within the next ten years.