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3	In a secluded desert, far away from prying eyes lies Equestria's most secretive facility. So secretive that even Equestria's government doesn't know what goes on there.
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5	Welcome to Cape Coltaveral, headquarters of the Bureau of Atmospheric Experimentation and the topic of the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' Fanfic ''Our First Steps'', written by Mrakoplaz. Where we follow the ponies behind Equestria's space program with the goal of launching a pony into orbit.
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7	But a grand task like this never was easy and the staff and crew at Cape Coltaveral are in for a long struggle fighting setbacks and accidents to achive their dream.
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9	Can be found [[http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/08/story-our-first-steps.html here]] and [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/30248/Our-First-Steps here]].
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12	!!''Our First Steps'' provides examples of the following tropes:
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14	* BreatherEpisode: Part 9
15	* DeusExMachina: A literal one. [[spoiler:At the end of Part 8 Celestia saves the day.]]
16	* DistantFinale
17	* FireForgedFriends: Most of the Cosmodrome staff become this. [[spoiler: especially the ones that stay after they lose government funding and most leave.]]
18	* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: [[spoiler: At the end of Part 8]] Zvezda remarks that if this was a story she'd want her money back.
19	* {{Magitek}}: Some of Equestria's technology works like this. The space program on the other hoof avoids using magic so that pegasi and earth ponies can operate the rockets and not just unicorns.
20	* MugglePower: Part of the motivation of the designers is to assert that Earth ponies can do more than simply farm.
21	* NoodleIncident: Alluded to by Celestia as what, in the distant past, rearranged the landscape to the point where "Cape" Coltaveral is landlocked.
22	* ThePoliticalOfficer: While there are commissars, they're very different from the usual portrayal of this trope. Commissars simply provide security and protect sensitive information.
23	* ShoutOut:
24	** Apart from shout outs to movies like ''Film/TheRightStuff'' and ''Anime/RoyalSpaceForceTheWingsOfHonneamise'', there are numerous allusions to various works on the subject and to the American and Soviet space programs.
25	** There are also references to space filksongs like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-mZ9pKvCmk Surprise!]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cVOOXQo22o Hope Eyrie]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ryd_p20XEU Fire In The Sky]].
26	* ShownTheirWork: The author displays a lot of knowledge on the subject.

Context Fanfic / OurFirstSteps