Virtual Space Agency

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A Virtual Space Agency (VSA for short) is an agency set up to fly missions in Orbiter.

Classification of VSAs

Recruitment

Closed VSAs are not accepting new members by any application mechanism. They can be just a single person VSA, but this must not be the case.

Open VSAs are accepting new members

Activity states

Active VSAs are currently in the process of flying or planning missions. Since planning a complex mission can take a few many weeks, this is not inactivity. Active VSAs can also have a few months of inactivity because of the evil real life, without really being an inactive VSA in the sense of no activity being planned.

Inactive VSAs are VSAs that have no activity scheduled at all. They are simply dead, or just pausing for indefinite time. In the most extreme case, they are completely abandoned, having not even somebody answering the emails for them.

Abandoned VSA can also appear, when two VSAs join under a new name or the concept of an old VSA being buried and a completely new program with new character is started under a new name.

Active VSAs

Name Abbreviation Founder Type Number of members Homepage Description
Anshar Orbital Industries AOI Kaito Unknown Unknown AOI
International Space Agency ISA garyw Closed 1 ISA Does not accept other members because the benevolent dictator of the VSA has no resources for managing them. Despite this it is one of the most active VSAs, as of November 2011.
Soviet Space Agency SSA Scruce Closed Unknown n/a SSA uses the Orbiter-Forum blogs, but will soon have a website.

SSA is a closed VSA that has been running since the 15th of November 2011. Its aim is to simulate Soviet and Russian spaceflight during the dawn of the Space Race and beyond, up to the Moon and eventual Mars landings.

The Orbital Initiative Program OIP mojoey Closed Unknown The OIP The OIP is a VSA that simulates efforts to establish a manned colony on Mars. Currently in hibernation until 2012.
Union Space Command USC Eli13 Unknown 4 Union Space Command
Space Universal VSA SU-VSA HAL9001 Unknown 2 SUVSA Status not known

Abandoned VSAs

Name Abbreviation Founder Type Number of members Homepage Description
Ascension Space Agency ASA Kevin580 Unknown Unknown n/a
High Altitude Space Agency HASA IronRain Unknown Unknown n/a
Virtual Online Spaceflight Simulation Agency VOSSA EricEvan Unknown >5 VOSSA EricEvan has indicated his desire to start up a new VSA [1]
World Space Agency WSA Scruce Unknown Unknown

See also

Orbiter-Forum Collective Projects