When the Griffins stun the world by launching the world's first Satellite, the Ponies respond with the challenge to put the world's first Sentient Being in Orbit. Five brave ponies will end up the spearhead in this quest for glory, to soar higher than any before, and face unprecedented dangers and hurdles in the journey to become the first Ponynauts. Spitfire, Soarin', Cumulus, Rainbow Dash and Derpy Hooves, they had the right stuff, they were The Right Ponies
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Chapters (2)
Hey Bronies, this is my first ever Ponyfic so please give me feedback
My thoughts on the first chapter..
Decent plot.. Although I have a couple comments.
Diplo? As in the EDM artist/DJ? (Diplo & Skrillex - Amplifire)
One-Upmanship.. lol. Didja run outta words?
Too many commas IMO
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He's the Deputy of Foreign Affairs. The Secretary of Defense Adresses him by his first name "Diplo," Celestia addresses him as "Minister Matt"...I know, horrible pun
I figured "One-upmanship" would be the kind of calm, understated term Celestia would use. Besides, the Space Race really was an expensive game of one-upmanship, anyway.
As for the commas...I'll cut down on them next time
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Correction: The head of the Army refers to him as "Diplo
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Lol good to hear. I'll post feedback when I get to reading the second chapter.
Ponies in space? Pure awesome sauce.
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Alrighty, looking forward to it ^_^
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Thanks, and your user name reminds me of how Jeremy Clarkson asks McLaren "Why have they named (the MP4-12C) after a fax machine?"
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Haha, I love Top Gear.
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It's about cars, it's funny, and political correctness is chucked out the window with regular jabs at everyone (This car has quintessential German features, like a Sat-Nav that only goes to Poland), including themselves (You're at the Lotus Factory, which isd now owned by the Malaysians, because we screwed everything up). I thoroughly despise PC (like the "Derpy" fiasco) so I absolutely love a show where they can harmlessly rib on everyone without getting into trouble
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Yeah they do what they want. Too bad the American versions sucks so much. It's mainly cause the cast doesn't have any chemistry between them.
Griffins are Soviets? i1.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/002/252/me-gusta.jpg
Alright. Sorry it took me so long.
I thoroughly liked this second part. No complaints or glaring comments, aside from those previously voiced to be honest.
Sidenote: "One does not simply.." meme reference, or do I spend too much time on the internet?
I rather like where this is going, do we get a third chapter? Two months is a long time...
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I am writing a third chapter, unfortunately I've been suffering "writer's block"
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Ah, that pesky piece of nondescript material that may or may not take the physical form of a wooden cube sporting a colorful 'W'
Some day, I too shall post writings of fiction and (most likely) suffer the same ill fate
In the meantime, I'm rootin' for ya!
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Yay, glad to know this is gonna get reader
Can I just say...
The word "Astronaut" is derived from 2 greek words, "Astro", meaning Stars, and "Naut", meaning sailor, translating to "Sailors of the Stars".
"The russian "Cosmonaut" is similar, "Cosmo" meaning Space, which translates to "Space Sailors".
Therefore, the word Ponynaut would mean "Sailors of the Ponies".\
EDIT: Cosmo doesn't mean "Space", it means "Sky". Sailors of the Sky.
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Yes, I am aware of that, but...erm...well...uhh...Shut Up!
Interesting take on an Equestrian-Griffin Cold War/Space Race.
I hope that you decide return to this fic.
P.S. I'm really curious about how Derpy will go as a Ponynaut :-)
This looks so promising and exciting, not to say realistic enough to work. And thanks to Prince Blueblood, they can afford it, hahaha. Priceless!
Wow! This is going to be such a cool story. The tests kind of tugged at my heartstrings, because when I was still little I wanted to become an astronaut. Then my eyesight became worse, so I decided to becoma an airplane pilot. Then my eyesight became even more worse, so both occupations never happened. But, sad story aside, this story is so awesome. I loved how you showed everypony being so exhausted, and the scene with Derpy was as sweet as lemon cake. I think the story is very well written and fluent and a delight to read, especially because of all the terminology it looks so realistic. Please, please finish it!
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You might just give me the motivation to do so. Would be nice to pick this story up again
You got that right! WOOT, WOOT!