Yeah Im gonna rewrite the history behind this. Hell I don't even like the name WSA. Gimme a day or two and Ill rewrite the history behid this whole idea so its more realistic and doesn't involve the UN(As much as possible.)
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Here goes
Starting in 2018 with the world in the grips of the second economic grip in the 21st century. Causing many nations to cut back on spending including amongst the worlds most industrialized nations. Including the United states, Russia, India, Japan and China. The European Union's ESA also coming to a complete halt in the grip of the Second Great Depression.
By January 2021 most of the world Space agencies had become more or less a shell of their former selves. No probes being launched from for research of any kind between 2019 and 2021.
As President William Jefferson Clinton took office. The first President to be elected again after the 28th amendment was ratified in hast to respond to the crisis. He began to rebuild the United States infrastructure in Space. Starting with the COTS program established by the Obama Administration a decade Earlier. The only thing that was keeping the aging International Space station flying.
Allocating finding for the development of the privately funded Falcon 2 rocket. Combining Nasa SRB and guidance technology into a civilian craft. Making a medium lift capable rocket to get nations back into space.
In December Russia not wanting to have its the station built under treaty with the US threatened to pull funding from the station Which would essentially make the station unfundable by the rest of the nations.
By January of 2022 however a deal was made.
By allowing China to both build the Falcon 2 with US and Russian oversight the rockets would in a sense become not an American design but rather in international cooperation. Meaning the singular funds would be split among participating nations. As part of the deal China was Finally listed as participating member in the International space station.
To help over see the operations were held to both Engineering, budget, Scientific and humanitarian stands a oversight community was started. One impartial to all nations and not pressured to a single national agenda.
The International Space Initiative.(My Proposed rename of the WSA is ISI)
After much testing the Falcon 2 First launched to the decaying orbit of the ISS on March 23rd, 2026. Bringing with it much needed propel ant it was desperately low on to maintain its orbit. Sending the First Chinese Citizen to the station. As well as the first Russian in 6 years. With a crew of 4 and a load out of new science data the station breathed new life once more.
Solidifying the ISI treaty in its working formality in the Second Great Depression.
ROUGH draft of what I have in mind for the whole history May or may not write up more tomorrow. What Im gonna try and do is write this as a sort of history log in the year 2169 Looking back at the 140 years of the ISI(WSA) Incorporating many orbiter add-ons and fiction(Altea, UCGO, Space Tech, Arrowfreighters and what not.) Maybe add a few well known Orbiternauts names in there as historical figures.
I'm game for having or own Fictitious space agency as long as its got a decent back story.
