Betrayal Part - 04

"Good morning everyone this is your lovely Alice reporting live from Japan, and you are watching Star news. We are going to cover this historical moment for humanity live from the front line. Today the Tachibana group's spaceship Aurora will be launched at twelve p.m sharp. And it's ten at the moment so we have about two hours before the launch. So let's talk about the ship and how it'll be launched, as you know this is the largest ship humankind has ever built for space travel. It's even many times bigger than Space X's current vessel. So how will they launch it. As you know Tachibana group perfected the catapult system for small vessels. They are exactly doing just that, but in a much larger scale. The ship will be mounted on the submersible catapult track in Tokyo Bay from the artificial Tachibana island and will be carried to Sagami Bay where the main large scale catapult is. For this reason authorities have stopped all marine traffics in the area till the launch is complete. Think of this catapult as a space elevator which is only two thirds the way up towards the space. After the launch starts the initial thrusts will depend on the catapult, after reaching the maximum acceleration capacity of the catapult the first pair of external boosters will ignite, at this stage the catapult will only play the assisting role, after reaching one third of the distance the boosters will disengage, then the second pair of boosters will ignite, after reaching two thirds of the distance the catapult track's clamps which are holding the ship will be released and boosters will disengage. At this stage the third and largest pair of boosters will ignite and push through the upper atmosphere and into the Exosphere here the boosters will disengage and the ship will use it's own impulse engines and thrusters to stabilize itself. And to inform you all that are concerned about the boosters, these large boosters are reusable so they will return to Earth and land on the Haibana station's landing pads. And this is a one time launch, Aurora doesn't have the capability to reenter Earth and landing itself. It's a ship meant to stay in space travel into the space.As for entering and leaving Earth this ship has two small dropships for this purpose, which is capable of landing and leaving Earth. Ahh my throat is dry water water. Ahhh that is much better. Reading all this tired me out." Alice.

"Oh look at this they have already moved the ship to the catapults and currently doing a final check. These tracks are quit fast." Alice.

"We will be back before the launch till then let's watch their activities live." Alice.

Right before the launch Alice returned.

"Well then everyone we are here again it's about time the ship launches. Oh wait we have a video transmission coming from the ship." Alice.

"Hello miss Alice, I am sorry to interrupt but I would like to talk to the people of the world you can also call this a type of speech, as I am giving it to the people before leaving Earth." Hiroki.

"Sure, go ahead." Alice.

"Hello everyone, I'm sure everyone knows about me, but I'm still going to introduce myself and the teams going with me. My name is Hiroki Tachibana, with me here is my wife Misaki tachibana, to her left is Samuel and Melinda Lestrange, they are her cousin and also scientists. Sam here is the captain of the ship and Melinda is the representative of the other nations teams. Behind Me are the teams consisting of NASA and ESA scientists. Many of you may have questions regarding why they are here as this is a private project. They are here because NASA and ESA as well as many nation's space agencies wanted to conduct some research on Mars and since we have space in the ship we accepted their offer to carry them with us. That is all. Please pray for us so that we can succeed in our mission. Thank you." Hiroki.

"OK folks we heard from the man himself right before their departure. And if you ask me, what was that with that speech? Those international teams they aren't part of the project but hitchhikers!! I guess I can officially say it smells fishy here. Guess the international space community isn't happy with the Tachibana group's advancement in space technologies recently. I guess it is understandable. Tachibana Group has been at the forefront of space techs in the recent years. They refined the cryogenic sleeping pods, they perfected the catapulting system for spacecrafts, they established a research lab on Mars alongside Space X, they made it possible for the impulse engine to create enough thrusts that it can be used for the space travel. Which is good for the Tachibana Group but the worst thing for the international space community is that the Tachibana group isn't willing to share their technologies with them. And since it is a private company they can't even force it. So I can understand why the international space community and the nations are being greedy and scheming. Oh well it's none of my concern, and these are all speculations, so take it as a grain of salt guys. Let's focus on the main event. Oh they are starting they are beginning the launch sequence. Let's hope everything goes well." Alice.