Archimedes

SS Archimedes
General Information
Class & Type	Archimedes-class Sleeper Ship
Affiliation	Stellar Aerospace Corporation
Status	Destroyed
Commissioned	August 9th 2031
Destroyed	August 10th 2031
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Overview

S.S. Archimedes was a 21st century Sleeper ship designed and built by Stellar Aerospace Corporation between 2023 and 2031. The vessel was part of the company's Project Fulcrum; a risky endeavour aimed at attracting the public to colonise distant planets. Archimedes was the first and only attempt by a private company to leave the solar system with a manned spacecraft, but it only succeeded in becoming a commercial embarrassment to the company after contact with the Archimedes spacecraft was lost 18 hours after launch. The spacecraft was presumed destroyed with 82 souls on board.

Following the disaster, the President of the United states of America ordered a Presidential Commission to investigate the loss of the space craft and the events leading up to its destruction.

The subsequent inquiry found that corner cutting and safety violations were commonplace during the project and the resulting bad press in the wake of the disaster was the leading cause that lead the company to file for bankruptcy in 2033.

Following the disaster the United States Government imposed more stringent regulations on spaceflight in the private sector, effectively restricting private companies to operating within the confines of the inner most planets with a manned spacecraft.