KSI Timeline

Several pieces of writing take the form of retrospectives, as if being written by Freddie in his Memoirs. They talk about various milestones on the final fates of different project pieces. Year 0 in the timeline is the first Valkyrie launch.

Year 0 - First Valkyrie Launch, Mars 1

Year 3 - Second Valkyrie completed, first fully-successful Mars mission and earth-return(Mars 2).

Year 5 - First Balistner completed, five-years mission to Jupiter begins(Jupiter I), Mars III launches at the same time with the third Valkyrie spacecraft. Both vehicles are in orbit at the same time, first test of tandem Service Shuttle launch(two shuttles mounted to a single first-stage).

Year 6 - Midway Space Station launched. Issues encountered during Jupiter I/Mars 3 orbital phases prove need for a permanent station. Station is used for in-space re-fit on Valkyrie vehicle, first in-space re-fit of space vehicle.

Year 7 - Mars 4 launched for three-year stay on martian surface. Mars 4 arrives just before Mars 3 departure, marking first time any planetary body has played host to two manned space missions at the same time. KSI launches mission 'Explorer One' consisting of a large myster-module and a manned Service Shuttle on root to the L3 Earth/Moon Lagrange point.

Year 8 - Mars 5 launches, first mission to use separate, chemically-fueled ascender and decender vehicles while Valkyrie spacecraft remains in orbit(decision made over growing concerns regarding radiation released by using nuclear engine as ascent-stage). Mission is carried out while Mars 4 Still on surface. Explorer One revealed to be test of large-scale rotational gravity concept. Initial planning begins on KSI Stardock

Year 9 - Mars 4 returns. Mission built first human structures on mars, inflated concrete domes and tests of radiation shielding. However, Mars 4 team determined that permanent surface-structures were too challenging to construct. Plans revised for Mars 6.

Year 10 - Balistner