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A gentle reminder for those who came in late. If you want to know about the Ocean of Storms version of the Star Wars prequels, see the Requel Trilogy that I wrote a while back. The link is in my signature below.

Mars, Air, Fire, Water 7 June 2002 Lander Hall Phobos Transfer Orbit Altitude: 5700 mi Alexei had the gauges; Laura kept her eyes on the window. The engineers had only given her a small triangle, much like the old Apollo crews had. She stared out eagerly, searching for any details she...

Hi everyone, I know this isn't alternate history, but I've thrown enough NASCAR references into OOS that, at the least, we can call this research. I ran 10 laps at Charlotte Motor Speedway yesterday. You can watch the video here.

I'll admit, I'm not 100% sure where that name developed. To the best of my recollection, I've used "Farsight" as a name for my probes when playing Kerbal Space Program and I've been playing KSP since long before I read The Martian. Having said that, I've always thought it a splendid name for...

Just wanted to say congrats to A Sound of Thunder and @nixonshead - fantastic work on that timeline!

Okay, here we go. For the 5th time, Ocean of Storms has been nominated for a Turtledove. Here's where you can vote. Lots of good candidates this year. If you haven't, be sure to give them all a read. This website is home to a lot of great content. Thanks to everyone for participating!

I'm gonna take a wild guess that all of you love Andy Weir and The Martian as much as I do. If so, you need to see this post. Andy Weir celebrates 10 years of The Martian! And posted more Martian content! The Martian: Lost Sols Also, a big thanks to @defconh3ck & @NHBL for their nomination...

Just wanted to let everyone know that nominations are now open for the Turtledoves 2024 Turtledoves: Space and Technology If someone would please 2nd the nomination for A Sound of Thunder, I would consider it a personal favor. I'd 2nd the nomination myself, but since I did a guest post for...

Bragging rights, political capital, public standing, The assertion that your space program went.... Farther

Makes me think of Watchmen

No worries about that. I meant more that the first few chapters are a love letter to the Kennedys. And believe me, no author minds criticism as long as the person bothered to read the material.

I'm gonna take a guess that you probably wouldn't like Ocean of Storms.

I had to do a fair bit of Nixon research for Ocean of Storms. My best conclusion is that his temper and ambition constantly overwhelmed his better angels. My 2nd best conclusion is that, if he were alive the present day, the far right would see him as a traitor and the far left would see him...

That's a fair point. I think I had originally intended to have something showing the Aquarius doing a boost burn to assist, but that got cut. It's a valid question.

Truthfully, this is about as valid a theory as any religion I've seen.