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| Various projected and target dates are indicated. Specific values are for guidance only, due to the uncertainty of present conditions. | ||||
| "Time Zero" is the commencement of Project activities. This event begins the Preparatory Phase. "Time One" occurs at the landing of the first party of settlers. This completes the Preparatory Phase and begins the Establishing Phase. "Time Two" is the landing of the last party of the settlement group. This concludes the Establishing Phase. From Time Two onwards, Luna City is considered to be on a sound enoguh footing that the work of the Luna Project per se is complete, and further developments may be left to the ordinary course of events. | ||||
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| Date | Milestone | Comment | ||
| 2007-213 | Time Zero | |||
| 2011-001 | Selection of first party | |||
| Delivery of flyable model 2StO | ||||
| 2012-001 | Delivery of first lunar booster | |||
| Delivery of flyable model 1StO | ||||
| 2012-120 | Prepositioning of supplies begins | |||
| First party enters quarantine | ||||
| 2012-190 | Target date for first landing (Time One) | (3 days before last quarter moon) | ||
| 2012-215 | First lunar oxygen production |
Required prior to landing of second party
(full moon) |
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| 2012-219 | Secondary date for Time One | (3 days before last quarter moon) | ||
| 2014-001 | Delivery of operational 2StO | |||
| Termination of use of expendable launchers | Some reserve capability will be maintained, but it should be obvious that the long-term routine use of such configurations is unviable. | |||
| Fabrication of lunar rockets commences | ||||
| 2014-180 | Establishment of first remote outpost | |||
| 2015-001 | Construction of lunar orbital station begins | |||
| 2015-180 | Target date for Time Two | (full moon) | ||
| Delivery of operational 1StO | The question may be raised why, if this event is only expected in the eighth year, at the end of the Establishing Phase, 1StO development should be incorporated in the agenda. The simple answer is that the time relations of the two events may change, allowing the 1StO to be useful after all. More subtle answers include that this device is expected to be of importance in the ongoing commerce of the heavens, and thus is relevant to Luna City future economic planning. | |||
| 2016-001 | Construction of space gun commences | |||
| 2017-210 | Luna City Worldcon | |||