Penguin Aerodynamics and Space Agency

The Penguin Aerodynamics and Space Agency, also called PASA, was started recently in 2008. It is on Gentoo Island.

Background
The PASA started when G wrote to Brendan Stars about the possibility of a penguin space agency. Brendan wrote back saying that he would fund it and it would be on Gentoo Island. It cost 9.7 billion coins to build the Mission Base. Now Brendan Stars is the head of the agency and they have succeeded into putting a penguin (Kwiksilver) into space.

Shuttles

 * Celsius
 * Frozen
 * Migrator (named after Rockhopper's ship)
 * Farenheit
 * Heatblast (was destroyed in mid 2008)
 * New Moon

Employees

 * President: Brendan Stars
 * Board Members: Explorer 767, Fred 676, Penghis Khan, Mabel( much to everyone's disappointment)
 * Astronauts: Vacant
 * Secretary: Happyface

The crash of Heatblast

 * On July 22, 2008, the PASA shuttle Heatblast blew up while it was leaving the atmosphere. Nobody knows why. Some say it was a fuel leak. Some say it was sabotage by Darktan. But the black box was retrieved from the wreckage. The final seconds sounded like this:


 * Captain: Tools?
 * Pilot: Check.
 * Captain: Waffles?
 * Pilot: Umm....no.
 * Captain: YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE FORGET THE WAFF--
 * The Ship Crashes here. END OF RECORDING.

The incident discouraged young penguins from becoming astronauts, so shuttle missions have been suspended.

Missions
Key: SM means Shuttle Misson. TM means Test Mission. NO MORE MISSIONS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
 * TM1: 17/01/08 Sent Kwiksilver into space and back.
 * TM2: 29/02/08 Sent Icephone satellite into space.
 * SM1: 30/03/08 CELSIUS Conducted antigravity experiments.
 * SM2: 01/04/08 MIGRATOR Joyride for Penghis Khan. Royal treasurer was NOT impressed.
 * SM3: 20/04/08 HEATBLAST Mission to rescue Penghis Khan and the MIGRATOR. Penghis khan slapped the controls with a wet fish. Royal treasurer was STILL NOT impressed.
 * SM4: 09/05/08 FARENHEIT Put satellite into space for Dorkugal.
 * SM5: 22/07/08 HEATBLAST Heatblast blows up.

Trivia

 * There was much controversy about the new name of the replacement shuttle for Heatblast, with people suggesting names like, golden fish, and w@fFl35!!!1!!, but eventually New Moon was chosen.
 * Some penguins say that Aliens have contacted astronauts.
 * There are rumors PASA is going to send a penguin to the moon.