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wyldwolf

(43,891 posts)
Wed Nov 22, 2023, 04:53 PM Nov 2023

"For All Mankind" anyone?

In season 4 now.

From Wiki:

In an alternate timeline in 1969, Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov becomes the first human to land on the Moon. This outcome devastates morale at NASA, but also catalyzes a U.S. effort to catch up. With the Soviet Union emphasizing diversity by including a woman in subsequent landings, the United States is forced to match pace, training women and minorities who were largely excluded from the initial decades of U.S. space exploration. Each subsequent season takes place 10 years later, with season two taking place in the 1980s, season three taking place in the 1990s, and season four taking place in the 2000s.

Ronald D. Moore explained how history had been different in the series: "Sergei Korolev was the father of the Soviet space program; in our reality, he died during an operation in Moscow (in 1966) ... And after that point, their Moon program really never pulled together.... Our point of divergence was that Korolev lives, ... and he made their Moon landing happen."

Moore says the Apple+ show is unofficial prequel to Star Trek.

Spoilers in video:

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"For All Mankind" anyone? (Original Post) wyldwolf Nov 2023 OP
I somehow misread this as TexasDem69 Nov 2023 #1
I haven't started Season 4 yet, so I won't look at the spoiler material. Ilsa Nov 2023 #2
love the show moonshinegnomie Nov 2023 #3
This message was self-deleted by its author BootinUp Nov 2023 #4

Ilsa

(62,210 posts)
2. I haven't started Season 4 yet, so I won't look at the spoiler material.
Wed Nov 22, 2023, 05:05 PM
Nov 2023

I love the series. I had to cancel my Apple subscription because it was under my late spouse's name and login. I managed to get the login messed up. It was easier to unsubscribe and start over, probably December 1st.

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