Prologue

These are just a couple of words before the first chapter. If you want some pony action, you are invited to go to the next chapter. Not THAT kind of pony action. Check the rating! This is a decent fic! :)


Still here? Ok. A pair of words then.

English is not my first language, so I'll be glad to read corrections in the reviews. Yeah. I'll be glad. Probably not immediately, but totally in the long term. That's the first thing I needed to clarify. Not apologizing. Just saying... I need corrections, people. For real. My grammar sucks and one of the objectives of writing this in English is improving my skills. Feel free to go full Reich with grammar.

Not sure I should have said that...

Second thing... My first MLP fic ever! I was supossed to write one about a bubble burst in cider price that eventually leads Equestria into a deep economical recession and, of course, the actions of the Six for solving the issue. Yeah, for real. Probably I'll write that in Spanish. Too complicated.

Seriously people. Economics is hard. I mean... I think I could wrote down a complete specification for a FTL space vehicle before being able to get economics right. Whenever I try economics... Really! Jeezz! My head just explodes.

Sorry. Let's come back to the subject. :)

Regretfully, since I can't control creativity sometimes -everytime-, I just went a little rogue with this first story. No economics involved. I needed an important distraction for the Mane Six in order not to intervene in the bubble burst until it's too late. Eventually it could be the two stories don't match at all.

Anyway, I hope this one to be a good stand-alone in the worst case...


References! Of course, MLP FiM... Yeah... Obviously. Bad pun. Sorry. If you need something else, "Apollo XIII" and "The Right Stuff" will be there all the time. For the first chapter, the "The Right Stuff" OST's main theme is mandatory. I've found other pony fics with a space program. "Equestrian Space Program" is the only one, actually. This fic is not going to deal with things in the same manner. If there are other fics about a Pony Space Program, please, not plagiarism intended. If you make me notice anyone of them, I'll check them and I'll try not to make things the same.

Other references... Of course! Space Race! A BBC documentary about the space race between soviets and americans. Not sure if realiable but a good point to start your own search. Remember people: no better information than the one you could contrast. Some Star Trek stuff is also present, but not too much, I guess...

Next one... I tend to be very, very, very boring, so I plan to reduce chapter extension to 1500 words tops (Ok, maybe for edits and comments I could pass that limit, but no much further!). About 10 or 15 chapters in total (well, maybe a little longer. Not too much). EDIT: Finally, 20 chapters. Not too long I hope!

Total time for completition... Not sure. I'm supossed to be studying for exams in September. Just things in Spain. Since I can't control creativity, a chapter every two weeks should be the right rate. Not warranties. This is an uncharted territory...

Just that. Enjoy and thanks.


Edits: OMG! Tons of corrections and addings...

Edit2: It's over people! Thanks for the reviews, the views and the corrections. I have to study now and I'm starting to write "Civil War" for another fandom in Spanish, so I'm afraid the cider bubble burst will have to wait. Sorry. I'll write it, I promise, but it will take a while.