Milestones in the history of interstellar civilization: year spacecraft or colony name: commander, event or milestone 1957 Sputnik 1: first unmanned satellite launched 1959 Mechta: first lunar unmanned probe 1961 Vostok 1: Yuri Gagarin, first man in space Vostok 2: Gherman Titov, first man to orbit Earth Venera 1: first unmanned interplanetary probe 1963 Vostok 6: Valentina Tereshkova, first woman in space 1964 Voskhod 1: first multiple person crew spacecraft launched 1965 Voskhod 2: Alexei Leonov, first EVA 1967 Soyuz 1: Vladimir Komarov, first astronaut killed (on landing) 1969 Soyuz 4 & Soyuz 5: Boris Volynov, first spacecraft docking Apollo 11: Neil Armstrong, first man on the Moon 1973 Skylab 2: Charles Conrad, Jr., first manned space station 1981 Columbia: John Young, first reusable manned space vehicle launched 1983 Pioneer 10: first unmanned probe leaves solar system 1986 Mir: Vladimir Solovyov, first continuously manned space station 1997 Freedom: Henry Hartsfield, second manned space station, becomes first real community in space 2001 Eagle: Ronald Grabe, first spaceplane launched 2002 Hubble Space Telescope: discovers gas giant orbiting Epsilon Eridani 2009 Heimdalburg: Karl Stenner, first permanent lunar colony 2011 Bering: Svetlana Marishkova, first manned spacecraft to Mars 2018 Clarke: Sukhbir Singh, first manned space station in geosynchronous orbit 2025 Lindberg: Guion Young, first commercial passenger flight to the moon 2032 Slingshot: lunar magnetic launcher constructed 2034 Heimdal GmbH: lunar colony corporation reports a profit 2036 Amaterasu: Takeza Samujuchu, first manned mission to the moons of Jupiter 2039 Butterfly: Wendy Somoza, first low-gravity spacecraft built in Earth orbit 2041 Joseph Roberts: John Doe, first space piracy 2044 Leon Trotsky: Aleksandr Kukerov, first armed manned spacecraft launched 2049 Showa: Ching Wei-Lin, first manned mission to moons of Saturn 2050 Meriwether Lewis Depot: Lee Nardelli, first colony in the asteroid belt 2056 Independence: Andrew O'Brien, first spacecraft built entirely of lunar materials launched from Apollo City, Luna 2057 Bradbury City: Ramon Houston, first permanent Martian colony 2061 Einstein: robot probe sent towards Alpha Centauri 2063 Sagan: robot probe sent towards Epsilon Eridani 2066 Ceres Assembly declares the asteroid colonies an independent sovereign entity, equivalent to a terrestrial nation-state in international law 2068 Asteroid Association admitted as a member of the United Nations 2073 Beagle: Jean-Louis Leclerc, extraterrestrial life discovered on Titan-- primitive microorganisms living near volcanic vents 2075 Lunar Authority of Tranquilitas: Martin Lyman, Tranquilitas declared sovereign, does *not* claim to represent all of Luna 2077 Mondland Gemeindeverwaltung: Wilhelm von Vulte, Mondland declares sovereignty 2081 Five sovereign lunar regions decline invitation to join United Nations, deciding instead to form the Lunar Council, asserting it equivalent in status to the United Nations of Earth 2084 Interplanetary Law Discussion Group meets at Clarke Station 2089 Data coming back from Einstein probe indicates only small distant planetoids and gas clouds orbit Alpha Centauri 2091 FTL experiments successful at Lawrence Livermore Labs 2093 short-range robot FTL probes using "California drive" tested successfully 2095 Ganymede: Mohammed Ali Fetashemi, radical colonists declare war on Earth over ideological and religious disputes 2096 Ganymedans drop kinetic energy bomb (big rock) near Bermuda; millions killed in devastation of coastal communities in North Atlantic 2098 Kinetic energy bombs annihilate Ganymede colony 2099 Santa Maria: Guillermo "Bill" Gonzales, first California-drive manned starship goes to Epsilon Eridani, picks up Sagan probe, finds six planets orbiting the star, returns to Earth 2101 Solar Conference becomes arbiter of interplanetary disputes and law; founding members are United Nations of Earth, Lunar Council, Asteroid Association, and Jovian Alliance 2106 ITTA, Interplanetary Trade and Traffic Agreement signed, defines interplanetary law 2112 Interstellar Survey Organization formed to explore the stars 2113 Einstein probe returns from Alpha Centauri 2115 Nuevo Cadiz: Chretien Hobeika, first permanent community outside the solar system, on Espera (Epsilon Eridani II) 2110-2150 Age of Exploration--Survey and private starships explore nearby stars 2136 Anatoly Filipchenko: Eliahu Baumstein, Survey and private group dispute over ownership of world of Sakang, both claiming discovery first (Survey wants world open to research and colonization, while private group wants exclusive rights); Interplanetary Court in Apollo City decides for Survey (this time) 2147 Hannibal: Nazir Kanji, Intelligent life discovered at Il-Bihari, planet is declared quarantined by Survey; no contact is made, only observation from orbit 2163 Natusame-maru: Arnold Ohara, makes contact with Strobins on Torilbbiban, signs exclusive trade treaty with planetary council. 2165 World Space Defense Treaty signed, creating the United Nations Space Command combining Earth's space military forces; UN Security Council expanded and reformed into the Global Senate in San Francisco, given responsibility for administration of UNSpaceCom 2167 Solar Confederation founded, administrative capital located at Gagaringrad on Luna 2170 Espera: planetary terraforming experiments begin 2206 Epsilon Eridani votes for legal independence; diplomats sent to Solar Confederation 2227 Gglakkru steal four starships and launch interstellar war against nearby Timpatara with kinetic energy bombs; SpaceCom intervenes to aid Timpatara 2234 New Oregon conference--Solar Confederation, Epsilon Eridani, and representatives of two other human systems and four non-human species agree to impose punitive tariffs on Gglakkru to compensate Timpatara; first organized multilateral interstellar diplomacy 2237 Timpatara granted observer status at Interstellar Survey Organization 2241 United Solar Administration founded, replacing Solar Confederation; new constitution assigns powers of taxation, interplanetary and criminal civil law to new government 2247 Zon shipyard built above Ybotria; first FTL technology license to non-humans 2254 "Alpha Draconis" advanced FTL drive invented (TL 10) 2255 first Periodic Interstellar Conference meets at New Lincoln 2269 Uzqzloni Alliance forms, demands change in interstellar trade route patterns (wanting more from outworld to outworld and fewer in-and-out to Earth routes) 2273 Astral Pacifica: starship hijacked by alien guerrillas sympathetic to Uzqzloni and take it out into the void, suspected of becoming the first "Free Trader" [stolen starships used for outworld trade]; Uzqzloni spokesmen deny responsibility (of course) 2277 SpaceCom declares trade blockade at Novaya Anadyrskaya, hoping to catch Free Trader "pirates"; starport seized and incoming ships boarded and in some cases dismantled; some ships seized or destroyed trying to turn around back into the void 2282 Ulysses Grant: Free Trader guerrillas sneak into SpaceCom starbase at Gibraltar Station and steal this light cruiser, rechristening it the "Loxley", which later becomes a terror to "legitimate" (i.e. approved by Earth) trade 2289 guerrilla leader with the nom de guerre "Obi-Wan Kenobi" writes "Sentience, Technology, and Liberty"; becomes Free Trader manifesto 2292 Periodic Intersteller Conference at Barsoom denounces SpaceCom "atrocities", over vehement USA objections 2299 Rhinestern declares economic sanctions against Sol, quickly imitated by Uzqzloni worlds and others 2301 Glaxxt: Zarquoz (Ybotrian space admiral), destroys Free Trader base at Dickson's World with disruptor weapons, causing hundreds of thousands of civilian casualties 2304 Richard Nixon: Delia Standing Rock, destroys "Loxley" in battle in Khalimar system 2308 Free Trader guerrillas drop kinetic energy bomb on Venus, at Venusian latitude and longitude 40.7 N 74 W 2309 Rhinestern Conference: Sol and Free Traders agree to truce 2318 New Oregon Treaty: USA agrees to 42% value compensation for Solar starships hijacked by Free Traders 2325 Galactic Constituent Assembly meets at Heimdalburg to discuss interstellar political organization and dispute-settling mechanisms 2349 Galactic Federation Treaty negotiated 2353 Sol ratifies Galactic Federation Treaty 2357 Galactic Federatio Treaty comes into effect 2360 first election for Galactic Parliament 2361 Galaxiya established to house Galactic Parliament 2366 Starfleet founded, absorbing main elements of USA SpaceCom and other star forces 2373 Federation Survey formed, taking over responsibilities of old Interstellar Survey Organization 2380 Jonas Pierre Ziliquorgn (of Ybotria) awarded Nobel Prize for Physics for equivalence theory 2384 bKorbinin Va'en (of Torilbbiban) becomes first Federation Minister of Uplift and Development 2387 FTL radio transmission successfully tested 2402 FTL radio station built at Epsilon Eridani 2407 Tolles: scientists develop Cverakmak FTL drive (TL 11), using equivalence technology 2412 interstellar research project develops Quantum Displacement maneuver drive, using equivalence technology 2421 Citicorp introduces interstellar check-clearing and credit services via FTL station network 2450 FSS Matthew C. Perry: commissioned and sent on mission Census of Known Space Year Population %Earth %Sol %Human %Fed 99%Sphere# 2000 7 billion 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0 LY 2050 13 billion 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0 LY 2100 18 billion 99.8% 100.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0 LY 2150 24 billion 99.1% 100.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0 LY 2200 33 billion 94.8% 99.7% 100.0% 0.0% 0 LY 2250 53 billion 53.7% 59.0% 60.5% 0.0% 28 LY 2300 129 billion 29.9% 35.1% 38.0% 45.5%* 137 LY 2350 411 billion 10.1% 13.7% 19.1% 27.3%* 224 LY 2400 1,175 billion 3.3% 6.4% 12.0% 18.4% 323 LY 2450 2,604 billion 1.8% 4.0% 11.3% 23.1% 423 LY Population=population of known space %Earth=percentage of population of known space living on Earth %Sol=percentage of population of known space living in Sol system %Human=percentage of population of known space that is human %Fed=percentage of population of known space in the Federation *=represented at latest Periodic Interstellar Conference 99%Sphere=99% of population of known space within this many LY of S Press !