Virtual Space Agency
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 | 1 | 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 | 1 | 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 | |
| High Apoapsis Space Station Experimental Space Agency | HASSESA | Samuel Edwards | Unknown | Unknown | n/a | |
| Space Universal VSA | SU-VSA | HAL9001 | Unknown | 2 | SUVSA | Status not known - no update since 14th September 2011 |
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 | |
| International Space Colonization and Exploration group | ISCEG | mojoey | Unknown | Unknown | n/a | failed due to lack of interest |
| Virtual Online Spaceflight Simulation Agency | VOSSA | EricEvan | Unknown | >5 | VOSSA | EricEvan has indicated his desire to start up a new VSA [1] |
| Unknown | VASO | fireballs619 | Unknown | Unknown | n/a | |
| World Space Agency | WSA | Scruce | Closed | 1 | n/a |