Recent content by BigRIJoe

Thank you for your condolences and encouragement gents. Randy and Michel I know your contributions from ever space history/alternative spaceflight history website I have ever visited on the net

Fellow REaders: My wife has passed away after a long illness and as a catharsis, I'd like to expand what I've written if there is interest

The Beatles? On The Last Day, we had not heard about them in Connecticut. As I said, one of my lasting memories is hearing "Telstar" by The Tornados on WERI just before the broadcast was interrupted by "we interrupt this program." I was...

Air raid sirens weren't the only sirens heard that morning. Both the Stonington and Westerly R.I. police were out patrolling. From a relation by marriage, Officer Woodall, we heard that downtown Westerly/Pawcatuck was a disaster area. The Washington Trust bank, Westerly High School, and the...

After the shock wave passed. the neighborhood was filled with terrified men women and children wandering around outside. My family knew most of them. Some had suffered blindness due to looking directly at the fireball. Other had multiple injuries; burns and lacerations were the norm that early...

The 60th anniversary of The Last Day is coming up soon. My eyesight is growing dim, clouded by cataracts. They've cut two tumors out of me, but I'm still alive. My nights are filled with terror 60 years later. I was 10 and a half that October day...

Apollo 2 (AS-205) lifted off a mere 48 days after Phoenix’s splashdown, proving that Apollo 1 wasn’t a one-off success. The mission largely repeated the 14 day success story of Phoenix before it, carrying new scientific instruments and collecting further data on the vehicle. The mission would...

While your entry is very interesting your choice of flight crews is pretty wonky For example you have Walter Cunningham flying back-to-back manned missions (Apollo 5 and 7)

I noticed that the flight number of the Saturn 1B was missing on the first stage tank it normally occupies

Delaware Douchebag (2022) In a swan song role, Bruce Willis stars as Joe Biden

My So-Called Life Weird, whacky wonderful journey into the madness of schizophrenia

Superb! A-1! Bravo!

So, it looks like von Braun will be shut out as far as launch vehicles go. The Saturn 1 had been flying since October 1961 in OTL. What was happening with it in your time line?

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Well, it really hasn't generated much interest