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In the late 1960s, His Majesty’s Near-Earth Manned Orbit (NEMO) Programme established the first permanent “space-station,” dubbed the Royal Albert Orbital Platform (RAOP) in honor of Victoria I’s Prince Consort. Access to the RAOP is a three-stage process: Nemonauts are lifted aloft using adapted Aegyptian solar thermi schooners launched from high-altitude dirigibles. The schooners moor with cables trailed by RAOP, and the nemonauts are brought up to the platform in box-shaped elevators that run on the cables. RAOP orbits the Earth circularly at 330 km (205 mi). At any time, the RAOP, which resembles a lady's hatbox, may host up to fifteen nemonauts in its 55 m (180 ft) diameter disc. Pictured here is Brigadier Commander Ld. Elysius Mone, Mqs. Phenburie, prepared for any contingency.

Description
In the late 1960s, His Majesty’s Near-Earth Manned Orbit (NEMO) Programme established the first permanent “space-station,” dubbed the Royal Albert Orbital Platform (RAOP) in honor of Victoria I’s Prince Consort. Access to the RAOP is a three-stage process: Nemonauts are lifted aloft using adapted Aegyptian solar thermi schooners launched from high-altitude dirigibles. The schooners moor with cables trailed by RAOP, and the nemonauts are brought up to the platform in box-shaped elevators that run on the cables. RAOP orbits the Earth circularly at 330 km (205 mi). At any time, the RAOP, which resembles a lady's hatbox, may host up to fifteen nemonauts in its 55 m (180 ft) diameter disc. Pictured here is Brigadier Commander Ld. Elysius Mone, Mqs. Phenburie, prepared for any contingency.