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Excerpt from Pathé News 1st January 1951 "In a surprise press conference this morning, eccentric Scottish multi-millionaire investor and self-described 'gentleman adventurer and treasure hunter', Peadar Ùisdean Cameron Kincaid (better known by his sobriquet 'Puck') announced an ambitious new project - he's entering the space race! "Speaking from a hotel in the small town of Kourou in French Guiana, 'Puck' disclosed a recent agreement signed between his newly formed company, Puck Aerospace, the local authorities, the French government and the governments of the neighbouring countries of Suriname and Nova Alba. This agreement allows the construction of a rocket construction, testing and launching facility on the coast north of the town. The governments involved have agreed to subsidise Puck Aerospace's endeavours in exchange for technology transfers and early disclosure of any scientific discoveries. While details were scant, Puck declared that he had already secured contracts and agreements from a number of the worlds leading companies in various technologies, with the goal of developing rockets capable of lifting scientific instruments, radio transmitters and other wholly peaceful payloads, higher, faster and further than has yet been achieved. "While he freely admitted that current technology has advanced only slightly since the infamous German use of V-2 rockets to bomb London and other targets during the Second World War, he firmly believes that sending large objects into space can be achieved in merely a few years with the appropriate investment of time, knowledge, expertise and of course funding. "He spoke glowingly of a future when humanity will be able to throw off the shackles of gravity and travel to the moon and beyond to the other planets of our solar system. Whether his dream is achievable or realistic remains to be seen." === Game info: Table of Contents Off-site links Kerbal X craft hangar - craft will be added after their launch has been reported here GitHub repository for patches, config files and artwork Career Log - statistics tracking of information exported from RP-1 STORY Chapters 1st January 1951 - Announcement of founding of PUCK Aerospace (this post) 15th January 1951 - PUCK Aerospace announces government sponsorship programs 20th April 1951 - First successful sounding rocket launch from Kourou 23rd April 1951 - Appointment of Mr Vincent Glasgow as Administrator for PUCK Aerospace 13th June 1951 to 13th June 1952 - Flight operations reports 14th July 1952 to 11th July 1953 - First contractors appointed and more sounding rocket grind 31st July 1953 to 16th August 1954 - Multiple sounding rocket launches and failures; and a little controversy in the news 20th October 1954 to 14th November 1954 - First monkey on a PA rocket and end of Suborbital Research programme. 28th December 1954 to 3rd October 1955 - Finishing the suborbital programmes (3000km and 5000km milestones). 14th November 1955 to 3rd August 1956 - First orbit and X-Planes 3rd September 1956 to 27th December 1956 - More X-planes and a failed orbital launch 2nd January 1957 to 12th May 1957 - More X-planes and 2nd satellite in orbit 29th June 1957 to 30th December 1957 - Planes, planes and more planes 1958 - Attempted 1ton satellite launches 1959 - Failure, success and a new aeroplane January to June 1960: Stratospheric research, airplane altitude and speed records, and first woman above the Kármán line August to December 1960: More aerospace records and a polar satellite