
Our First Steps
A tale of the Equestrian Space Programme, in the style of 50s science fiction novels. Poyekhali!
„In a secluded desert on the frontiers of Equestria, an eccentric genius works to bring the stars within reach of everypony. But can smiths and metalworkers who never made anything more difficult than ploughs or golden trinkets really make the dream a reality? Or has inspiration arrived a hundred years too early?“
Originally published on Equestria Daily (6-star), uploaded to FimFiction upon request.
Imported from GoogleDocs in order to preserve formatting (italics/etc.); this may have resulted in table-breaking and other various display bugs. Should you see such issues, please do not hesitate reporting them!


197933 words: Estimated about 17 hours to read
18 Chapters:
- Welcome to the Cape 2012-06-04 09:53:57 UTC2534
- Methods of Reaching Extreme Altitudes by Means of Pony Devices 2012-06-04 09:54:05 UTC4020
- Star Walker 2012-06-04 09:54:10 UTC2495
- Ad Astra Per Aspera 2012-06-04 09:54:17 UTC4502
- Minus Ten and Counting 2012-06-04 09:54:23 UTC4625
- Surprise! 2012-06-04 09:54:30 UTC8369
- Songs of the Space Age 2012-06-05 14:43:09 UTC9966
- Space Cadet 2012-06-05 14:44:15 UTC8920
- Reach for Tomorrow 2012-06-05 14:47:35 UTC10588
- Planetbound 2012-06-05 14:49:01 UTC18590
- The Grand Pony Express 2012-06-06 13:33:55 UTC10469
- For Tomorrow, or Today? 2012-06-06 13:35:28 UTC16619
- United Forever in Friendship and Labour... 2012-06-06 13:36:34 UTC11135
- Ya Veryu, Druz'ya 2012-06-06 13:39:21 UTC17352
- Fire in the Sky 2012-06-08 11:12:26 UTC29069
- The Cold Equations 2012-06-08 11:16:26 UTC25916
- No Cradle Lasts Forever 2012-06-09 17:27:51 UTC12441
- Special Thanks 2012-06-09 17:28:30 UTC323