The ISDR is launched as an international foothold in space for research purposes. Originally it was a single unnamed terminal that had a maximum capacity of 50 people.
The ISDR is launched as an international foothold in space for research purposes. Originally it was a single unnamed terminal that had a maximum capacity of 50 people.
Hyperion Terminal is the second terminal to join the ISDR. It's a research terminal that has a maximum capacity of 100 people.
The original ISDR terminal inexplicably returns to Earth's atmosphere and crashes into the ocean. This event kills all 46 people in the terminal, and causes global fear of the ISDR and space research. Following this event, most nations pull astronauts from the ISDR, leaving only 12 on the station.
Lagunov Robotics launches the Janus Terminal using newer and sturdier technology which would guarentee that it won't fall out of orbit like the initial terminal. The Janus terminal has a maximum capacity of 1,500, and the remaining astronauts in the ISDR relocates to this terminal.
The Hyperion Terminal is replaced by the Hephaestus Terminal built by Lagunov Robotics. This terminal is a research terminal and has a maximum capacity of 2,000.
The Iapetus Terminal returns to Earth's atmosphere and lands in the ocean. It is replaced by the Minerva Terminal, a research terminal that has a maximum capacity of 3000.
Travel to space for pleasure becomes accessible to the middle class, when it was formerly an activity exclusively for the ultra rich.
Lagunov Robotics launches the Dionysus Terminal, the first terminal in the ISDR designed for residential life in order to keep up with the new wave of people traveling to space for pleasure. The Dionysus Terminal has artificial parks, resorts, hotels, stores, restaurants, etc. It is the first non-research terminal in the ISDR and has a maximum capacity of 20,000.