The Terran Space Authority had strong support from its board,who were appointed by the US, Hawaii, Britain, German, Austria, Japan, Brazil, France. There were 4 other seats and generally they rotated between, Australia,Canada, New Zealand, Portugal, China. Poland, Sweden and the Netherlands.. The members donated money to fund the agency and a percentage of any profits made were funneled back to the Agency. The Mark Randolph Engineering corporation was engaged in developing an engine which could propell a starship great distances and speeds thought to be impossible. It had worked with the Central Scentific Corporation on the project since 2012 making some progress which had allowed the settlement of Mars to take place in 2020.