Helios Aerospace is a multi-national aerospace company and space manufacturer headquartered in Houston, Texas. The company was founded by Dev Ayesa and his partner Richard Hilliard who initially rose to prominence through a breakthrough in nuclear fusionW.[1] [2]
History[]
On April 16, 1987, Helios won a contract with NASA to mine Helium-3 from the Moon. The availability of clean nuclear energy led to an apparent curb in global warming.[1] [2]
In 1992, Helios purchased the orbital hotel Polaris to be a major component in their spacecraft Phoenix, with which it would challenge the United States and the Soviet Union, to see who will land first on Mars. The Polaris shuttles were also purchased to be used in the construction of said craft.[3]
In 1994, the Phoenix launched for its Mars mission within 2 weeks of the American Sojourner 1 and the Soviet Mars-94.[4] From this, a three-way race for Mars was established. Ultimately, Phoenix successfully landed crew on Mars and deployed the Helios Mars base, but failed to be the first manned mission to reach Mars. After landing, the Helios mission deployed their 'Big Ass Drill' in the hope of discovering water beneath the surface of Mars. However, this led to the Gagarin Ridge drilling disaster due to the negligence of one member of the crew, which subsequently destroyed much of the Helios base, and disabled the MSAM vehicle used to ascend and descend between the Phoenix in orbit.
After the disaster, the Helios crew were forced to live in NASA's Happy Valley base along with the Soviet crew, who had been sharing with NASA after the destruction of the Mars-94 spacecraft. Due to the subsequent destruction of Sojourner-1, MSAM was left as the sole method of reaching orbit, and Phoenix as the sole vehicle capable of returning to Earth. As such, several months were spent recovering, repairing, and refuelling the MSAM. However, the plans to return home were interrupted when NASA astronaut Kelly Baldwin became pregnant, thereby requiring the MSAM to launch sooner in order to avoid giving birth in the low gravity Martian environment. After this mission, the MSAM was left inoperable, leaving the three crews in Happy Valley until the Sojourner-2 Mission retrieved them.
Following the landings on Mars, Helios was given a contract making it the sole provider of hardware for Happy Valley, which included construction of the Unity transport vehicle. Additionally, the Phoenix Spacecraft, which had not left Martian orbit, was converted into a space station from which various missions and transfers could occur.
In late 2003, Dev Ayesa partnered with Kelly Baldwin and Aleida Rosales for a hostile takeover of the company, which succeeded after convincing some of the shareholders.[5]
Infrastructure[]
Spacecraft[]
- Polaris Shuttle (purchased from Polaris Space Tours)
- Phoenix (spacecraft, former)
- Mars Surface Access Module (MSAM)
- Unity
- Hopper
Space stations[]
Surface outposts[]
- Lunar helium-3 refinery
- Helios Mars base (destroyed)
Proposed Infastructure[]
- Calypso
- Phoenix T-1 space station
- Expanded Helios colony
Galleries[]
Vehicles[]
Helios job ads[]
Logos & patches[]
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Trivia[]
- Helios Aerospace's logo resembles a Helium atom, as Helios first rose to prominence via using the Helium-3 isotope to develop clean nuclear fusion.
- Helios Aerospace is loosely based off of a mixture of real world companies, like SpaceXW, GoogleW, and AppleW.
See also[]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 For All Mankind TV Series - Season 3, Episode 1: "Polaris"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 AppleTV+ Bonus Video: Another Giant Leap: 1984-1992: Clean Nuclear Energy (1987)
- ↑ For All Mankind TV Series - Season 3, Episode 2: "Game Changer"
- ↑ For All Mankind TV Series - Season 3, Episode 3: "All In"
- ↑ For All Mankind TV Series - Season 4, Episode 3: "The Bear Hug"