First Conference of the CSSEA

[Daitō]

To the signatories of the Cross Straits Space Exploration Agreement,

It would be my pleasure to invite you, the heads of the government agencies party to the CSSEA, to Shinkyō's Iwaki Aerospace Centre in order participate in the First Annual Conference of the agreement. Over the course of this conference, it is expected that those agencies party to the agreement will discuss plans for both the coming year and beyond, as well as ongoing missions, with a particular focus on building infrastructure for longer-term inhabitation of space and further cooperation in the microgravity environment. A rough agenda for the conference will be left attached to this invitation.

Sincerely,
Haruki Akisada, Director, Daitō National Space Agency

Attachment — Agenda
1.) Welcome Address by Director Akisada.
2.) Declaration of Membership.
3.) Discussion on missions to Nergal.
4.) Discussion on orbital infrastructure development.
5.) Discussion on joint missions to Low Mundus Orbit destinations, old and new.
6.) Discussion on new technology and hardware.
7.) Discussion on Lunar operations.
8.) Discussion on Unmanned missions to Low Mundus Orbit and beyond.
9.) Any other business relating to this conference.
10.) Adjourning.

Iwaki Aerospace Centre, 5/30/2022

Director Akisada had attended many meetings over the course of his decades-long career, many of which had proven consequential to the future of the agency. His first, back when he was Head of the Zenshoen program, was of course very different to this, as it was confined essentially to the higher-ups of his own agency. Now, nearly twenty years later, what was likely to be his last had arrived, and what a way to end it as well. Today was the start of a new series of meetings, the first annual meeting of the signatories to the Cross-Straits Space Exploration Agreement, or CSSEA. He was accompanied by now-Deputy Director Jiro Asagiri[/i], who was set to replace him come July as Director of the agency, as well as various other members of his staff. Now, he was just waiting for his foreign counterparts: Achkaerin's Gary Hale, Tytor's Mackenzie Collins, and Rokkenjima's William Nye. As the first of them arrived, it was time to begin.(OOC note: Please do not use your heads of state on this thread)

[Achkaerin]

For the Achkaerin Space Agency this meeting was the chance to get things lined up, to get a road map and get the groundwork for the future. An awful lot hinged on the next two to three months for them. This being the type of meeting it was the Director of the Achkaerin Space Agency Gary Hale who led the line on this but he suspected a fair amount of the talking would be done by two of his companions on the trip Nicola Fernley, the Director of Flight Operations and Vicky Acheson the mission strategist, the pair could just talk about stuff they knew their program better than anyone else. Rounding out the group was Lance Rosenborg he headed up the engineering department at the agency, he perhaps had the most valuable voice in this conversation when it came to the Achkaerinese delegation. They made their introductions and after shaking hands, they waited for their other counterparts.

[Beatrice]

William Nye, Director of the Imperial Space and Exploration Agency, followed his Achkaerinese counterparts along with two key members of ISEA staff. With CSSEA Nye was anticipating the level of joint operations and potentials which ISEA had always strove toward yet had never found suitable partners abroad. He looked over notes with his team as they awaited the start of the meeting.