Moonbase Alpha Technical Notebook

MAJOR HISTORIC EVENTS 1981-1999
Jan. 28, 1981	Anton Borkaff walks on the planet Mars.
July 2, 1981	Under the guidance of the newly-formed International Lunar Finance Commission, the space dock Centauri is put under construction between the Earth and the Moon.
Sept. 18, 1981	Space Shuttle Falcon, designed to service the space dock, unveiled at the Vostaach Space Centre.
June 19, 1982	Centuri completed.
Sept. 25, 1982	ILFC authorizes the construction of Moonbase Alpha.
Feb. 3, 1983	Construction on Moonbase begins in Crater Plato.
Nov. 9, 1984	Ernst Queller develops the fast-neutron drive. Robert and Eileen Haines, parents of Alpha Technician Jim Haines, die as a result of a faulty Queller Drive in a Voyager craft.
Oct. 7, 1986	Uranus Probe, commanded by Jack Tanner and Cabot Rowland, launched from Centuri.
May 21, 1987	World conflict continue to build, a third world war seems inevitable.
June 9, 1987	Armed forces are mobilized throughout the world.
June 30, 1987	Switzerland destroyed by nuclear device of unknown origin. Koenig's wife Jean, on vacation there, is killed by the explosion.
July 1, 1987	World peace conference called. For the first time during the nuclear age, the world now realizes the power of their thermonuclear weapons.
July 28, 1987	Under the agreements of the peace conference, all nuclear weapons are broken down and their nuclear material is buried on the far side of the Moon in a site designated as Nuclear Waste Disposal Area One.
Dec. 10, 1987	Uranus Probe vanishes in proton storm five days from orbit.
Mar. 25, 1989	Robert Addision lands on Venus. Surface exploration halted due to atmospheric conditions.
May 8, 1992	External construction on Moonbase Alpha completed. Launch Pad #1 and Space Exploration Division put into full operation. Aboveground area supports 100 people as underground work continues.
June 2, 1992	Eagle Transporter replaces Falcon shuttle.
May 15, 1994	Waste Area 1 shutdown as the larger Waste Area 2 is put into operation.
June 23, 1994	Prof. Victor Bergman discovers the planet Ultra.
July 10, 1995	Astro 7, under the command of Lee Russell, is launched toward Jupiter.
Jan. 15, 1996	Astro 7 lost in Jupiter orbit.
Mar. 30, 1996	Captain Michael leads a mission to investigate a nearby star with a mothership and the new Swift support craft. Crew is never heard from again.
May 22, 1996	Gerald Trapnell of the ILFC attempts to stop the launch of the Ultra Probe mission based on the loss of the previous three star missions. William J. Dixon, current head of the ILFC, decides to go ahead with the mission.
June 6, 1996	Tony Cellini commands the Ultra Probe mission.
Sept. 8, 1996	Mark Nine Hawk defense craft tested in mock battle with Eagle Transporter over the lunar surface.
Feb. 17, 1997	Moonbase Alpha becomes fully operational.
Feb. 19, 1997	Planet Ultra reached. Contact is lost with Probe ship.
Oct. 15, 1997	Lunar observatory spots Ultra Probe command module.
Oct. 16, 1997	Tony Cellini placed under mental care because he claims a monster killed his crew.
Dec. 1, 1998	Planet Meta discovered. Space flight is prepared to find out why an earth-like planet so far from the Sun isn't completely frozen.
Jan. 3, 1999	Helena Russell becomes chief medical officer on Moonbase Alhpa.
Aug. 7, 1999	First Meta Probe astronaut dies of a strange illness.
Sept. 9, 1999	Meta Probe jeopardized by 9 deaths. John R. Koenig takes command of Alpha.
Sept. 11, 1999	Flareup on the Moon at Waste Area 1.
Sept. 13, 1999	A massive series of thermonuclear explosions hurl the Moon our of Earth orbit, 90° from the plane of the ecliptic.