In one week, the Space Shuttle Wanderer is scheduled to take off from Helios Platform on Kernow. This will be the first manned mission into space accomplished by Concordia's Agency for Concordian Space Exploration (ACSE), with the shuttle docking at the International Space Station. This marks the only active shuttle service in North America, after NASA's service was discontinued in 2011.
Prime Minister Jack Spaniel stood proudly behind the launch, saying "This is a significant day for the future of our nation. Today we have proved, that we are able to flourish on land, on the oceans, in the air, and in the stars".
Others, however, have been much more critical of the launch. Peter K. York, leader of the United Alliance party, called the launch "an abyss, a sink-hole swallowing up the country's budget, suckling on the teet of bemused tax-payers, blissfully unaware of the multitude of better ways their money could be used".
Much of the controversy stems from accusations of procrastination and negligence within the walls of the ACSE complex. Headman of the ACSE, Torin Malley, has been criticised for the numerous delays surrounding the launch, with the seven-day deadline the fourteenth estimated launch date in the past three years. Opinions into the truth of the constant delays have varied wildly, with the official ACSE statement being that the delays have been to ensure perfection at the time of the launch. Critics, however, have accused the ACSE of stalling in order to attain more funding, or even due to Mr. Malley's wishing to prolong his stay in Kernow, the rural island of the Midsea Isles where the Wanderer sits.
As the deadline for launch looms near, critics and supporters from across the nation stop to ask themselves if this shall be the day that Concordia takes to the void of space.
Robert Locksaw, CBS News.
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