Nadiya

[Svetlana]

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In a bizarre cascade of events, the Nadiyan Space Agency and Kalistan's Imperial Space & Communication Agency have ratified a memorandum of understanding and cooperation in the fields of space exploration and scientific research, something nobody expected given the history between Nadiya and Kalistan.

This comes after the successful launch of two Nadiyan satellites earlier this year, the declarations of the NSA's director calling for international cooperation in the fields of science and technology, and the ISCA sending a formal telegraph to the NSA. This culminated in the organization of talks between the two space authorities to iron out a deal that would benefit both sides equally.

Historically speaking, Nadiya has held a position of diplomatic indifference toward the Kalistanis empire with the former Secretary of the Nadiyan Commission for Foreign Affairs Tryndina Valeriya saying, "If they want to work with us, sure we'll welcome it with open arms, but if they decide to have a one sided issue with us, let them have it because we frankly don't care." So it was quite the shock that the government would approve of the NSA-ISCA talks, yet some see this as a possible opportunity for the naturalization of relations between the Confederation and the Empire but that's far from likely.

Nonetheless, as per the agreement signed between the two agencies, Kalistanis candidates will be trained in the NSA's cosmonaut training centers alongside the assembly of rocket parts in Kalistan and their shipment to Nadiya for the conduction of tests at the Lesnovian cosmodrom and any new technologies discovered using Kalistanis rockets wouldn't be used in something other than the civilian sector, the NSA reaffirmed in a statement.

Furthermore, director Panarim has also announced that the schedule of launches for the Denitsa program is set to be shortened drastically given that the NSA won't have to rely on developing entire new rocket designs based on defunct Trigunian blueprints and instead mix them with Kalistanis rockets to maximize the efficiency of them. Maxim didn't specify how much the schedule was going to be revised, but he did confirm that the target of launch cosmonauts onto orbit has been set at 5731 even 5730  instead of the originally scheduled 5736/37.

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Written by @NNN