User:Delta Team Curt/Scenario Two/Information

=Background=

2010

 * February 12th: Scientists calculate a 83.789% chance of asteroid 4179 Toutatis hitting Earth.
 * March 13th: Project Safeguard is formed to create a gravitational tractor spacecraft to alter the course of 4179 Toutatis.
 * August 16th: Using the newly launched Rechteir Telescope, scientists recalculate the odds for a possible impact at 97.235%.
 * November 4th: Funding for Safeguard reaches nearly 500 billion dollars.

2011

 * January 9th: Project Safeguard prepares to launch the Joan of Arc, and will take approximately 19 months to intercept Toutatis.

2012

 * August 14th: Joan of Arc suffers hardware malfunctions and software errors responsible for controlling on board maneuvering systems, and uncontrollably approaches 4179 Toutatis.
 * August 27th: Joan of Arc is destroyed when it impacts the asteroid, world governments scramble to keep the news hidden from the public and attempt to modify nuclear missiles to destroy 4179.
 * November 5th: Three nuclear missiles carrying 30 megaton warheads are launched from Triton ICBM Launch Facility in eastern Alaska.
 * December 21st: 4179 Toutatis passes below the Earth's communication satellites, defying all odds and sparing Earth.
 * December 29th: Scientists calculate a 98.414% probability of 4179 to impact Earth on it's return in 2016.

2013

 * March 3rd: The Earth Defense Project is initiated as a worldwide effort to prevent asteroid impact's on Earth.

2034

 * 2012 - 4179 Toutatis passes below the Earth's communication satellites.
 * 2013 - The Earth Defense Project is initiated by both the United States and European Union, and their respective space agencies put under military control
 * 2015 - Station Tranquility established on Luna.
 * 2016 - Station Tranquility outfitted with 64 nuclear ballistic missiles.
 * 2019 - Station personnel numbers peaks at 7,900 7 months prior to the return of 4179 Toutatis.
 * 2020 - 4179 Toutatis destroyed.
 * 2024 - Freedom Platformed established in orbit around Earth.
 * 2027 - European Union Ajax Project completes first successful manned mission to Mars.
 * 2029 - United States Aeries Project completes first successful manned Mars landing.
 * 2031 - Station Normandy established on Mars.
 * 2034 - First long-term Station Normandy personnel arrive for five year mission.

=Mission=

Vehicle


Length: 500 meters