The final-round nominees for the Worldbuilding Awards have been announced! Among those nominations are no less than four articles from Astra Planeta:
Wondrous Nature Award: Earth
Strength & Honour Award: Ares Program
Pillars of Progress Award: Warp Drive
Best Article: Alone Together
I am incredibly humbled to be nominated alongside these other amazing worldbuilders and their stunning work in the first place. VOTING HAS ENDED! Thanks to everyone who voted; tune in to the awards ceremony on May 18th to find out whether any of these articles won!
Ambassador Fleet Program
Discovery, Exploration
In response to the success of the SHEO planet-hunter program, a fleet of fast-traveling probes was constructed with the objective of exploring the other star systems within ten lightyears of the solar system. Called the Ambassador fleet, they were powered by antimatter engines enabling them to achieve a maximum speed of 0.8c at 10Gs of acceleration, and contained the most advanced AI systems of the time. The six probes were:
- Isaac Newton, sent to Barnard's Star
- Leonardo da Vinci, sent to CN Leonis
- Galileo Galilei, sent to Lalande 21185
- Albert Einstein, sent to the Sirius binary system
- Max Planck, sent to the Gliese 65 binary system
- Marie Curie, sent to Ross 154
Program Timelines
Isaac Newton
2175
Jan. 26
Launched to Barnard's Star2182
Aug. 13
Arrived at Barnard's Star2189 - 2192
Data returnMarie Curie
2187
Jul. 5
Arrived at Ross 1542196 - 2199
Data returnMax Planck
2175
Jul. 13
Launched to Gliese 652186
Jul. 10
Arrived at Gliese 652195 - 2198
Data returnGalileo Galilei
2175
Jul. 24
Launched to Lalande 211852186
Jan. 12
Arrived at Lalande 211852194 - 2196
Data returnLeonardo da Vinci
2175
Aug. 6
Launched to CN Leonis2185
Jul. 5
Arrived at CN Leonis2193 - 2196
Data returnAlbert Einstein
2175
Sept. 8
Launched to Sirius2186
Jul. 12
Arrived at Sirius2195 - 2198
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