02-07-2017, 09:07 AM
269 - Work begins on the first Museum Ship, the Pliny, in Clarke Orbital Docks.
http://www.orionsarm.com/eg-topic/45b2b10d8b211
Work on the Pliny began in Clarke Orbital Docks in AT 270 thanks to a grant by a consortium of Infomining Corporations, including Global Knowledge Transplanetary and Delphi Cislunar, although design problems and constant bickering between the science team (who wanted a ship big enough to store everything), the engineering team (who wanted it to be a viable vessel with sufficient Delta-V), and the corporate sponsors (who were concerned about spiraling costs and constant delays), meant that the vessel was only launched some 12 years after the planned 274 date and was too small for the scientists and too unwieldy to satisfy the engineers.
(Also this is a huge sentence. Should it be broken down?)
http://www.orionsarm.com/eg-article/480ea0a51dd0b
http://www.orionsarm.com/eg-topic/45b2b10d8b211
Work on the Pliny began in Clarke Orbital Docks in AT 270 thanks to a grant by a consortium of Infomining Corporations, including Global Knowledge Transplanetary and Delphi Cislunar, although design problems and constant bickering between the science team (who wanted a ship big enough to store everything), the engineering team (who wanted it to be a viable vessel with sufficient Delta-V), and the corporate sponsors (who were concerned about spiraling costs and constant delays), meant that the vessel was only launched some 12 years after the planned 274 date and was too small for the scientists and too unwieldy to satisfy the engineers.
(Also this is a huge sentence. Should it be broken down?)
http://www.orionsarm.com/eg-article/480ea0a51dd0b