With record federal deficits resulting in slashed budgets for the US manned space program, PBP once again picks up the slack.  At a 2010 press conference, PBP CEO TDT announced that Pressbox Productions was committing itself to achieving the goal, before the decade is out, of landing a person on Uranus (yeah I know, Uranus......... what kinda pocket protector sporting astronomer names a planet Uranus) & returning them safety to the earth.

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Shown here in the early stages of fabrication, PBP interplanetary vehicle The  Starship Pressbox takes shape at the PBP Vehicle Assembly Complex near Kelat, KY.

Previously classified shop drawings, recently released by WikiLeaks, reveal the extraordinarily complex & highly technical nature of a manned spacecraft that must travel 1.6 billion miles into space & back without refueling or stopping for directions.

Six months ahead of schedule & 30 million dollars (US) under budget, PBP Astrophysicists & Rocket Scientists recently oversaw advanced prototype testing with great success.  Shown below, at the top secret Jesse M. Clark Launch Facility, the crack PBP Launch Command & Mission Control teams put The Starship Pressbox through its paces.

Like most fledgling space programs, PBP is not exempt from failures.  Shown above, an early engine test goes horribly wrong when a PBP Mission Specialist, playing Asteroids on his iPad, accidentally ignited the entire inventory of 247 solid rocket engines.

Customized motivational posters like the above, strategically placed throughout the PBP Mission Control Center, keep the PBP team members laser focused on the daunting task ahead.

FUEL & STUFF

POINTY END

PILOT

Initial plans to recycle the fuselage from the “Ride A Rocket For a Nickel” ride at the long closed Joyland Amusement Park, were scrapped for reasons that now seem obvious.