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What would it have taken for the Apollo Applications Program to occur?

Can someone help me come up with a scenario where the Apollo Applications Program happens?

>>14572383
Could you imagine if “For All Mankind” was just a straight retelling of the Apollo Applications Program?
Season 1 followed the creation of the lunar base in the 70’s
Season 2 followed the first manned mission to Mars in the 80’s alongside all of those issues with Soviets on the moon in the show
Season 3 could continue with the colonization of Mars in the 90’s or maybe follow space startups at the time

I think another issue with For All Mankind is that, because it’s a TV show, it has to follow the same characters over and over again. This isn’t realistic. But it’s why people joke that the show’s main characters are disaster magnets because each time they show up, stuff goes wrong.

If I made the show, I’d make each season focus on a different set of characters, with occasional appearances from earlier ones.

Anyways, to end my rant, “good” alternate history is 100% doable. The online series “Eyes Turned Skywards” is also a post-Apollo story that is fun to read. I also recommend “Voyage” which follows a mission to Mars in the ‘80’s with Apollo tech