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  1. What if: Apollo 10 landed on the Moon?

    It's not so much the above-normal weight as the under-normal propellant load (which was because of the above-normal weight). Snoopy carried only half the ascent propellant Eagle did. That's a delta-v of only 1.33 km/s, or over 500 m/s short of orbit. The only way they could even rendezvous with...
  2. What if the nuclear Negev Canal actually existed?

    TBH the concerning thing to me about some of these Ploughshare proposals is how well they would have worked... This plus a sea level Panama canal would get us a pretty large group of people advocating for MOAR nuclear explosives.
  3. As Dreamers Do: American Magic Redux

    Ah, yes! And if the Genesis still becomes Sega's most popular and/or best selling console, the older gamers could call it the Peak of their career!
  4. WWII: German Victory in Battle of Britain, could USSR win alone?

    https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/glossary-of-sealion-threads.180901/
  5. 2018 Presidential Election

    Thursday, April 8th, 2021 Powerful representative to resign after congressional staff indicted in financial probe Congressman Rep Omundson (R-TX), who took over as chairman of the House Financial Services Committee in January, has announced he will submit his resignation to the Speaker of the...
  6. These Fair Shores: The Commonwealth of New England

    This has the same implications and roots as OTLs' "Society for Kim-il-Sung Thought and the Juche Idea."
  7. As Dreamers Do: American Magic Redux

    When will the Mega Drive/Genesis first come out in America? I'd say it should come out in 1989. I also think it should be called the Sega Summit.
  8. WWII: German Victory in Battle of Britain, could USSR win alone?

    Wasn't one of the reasons the Soviets were caught so off guard by the Germans because Stalin thought they wouldn't attack until they had finished with Britain? If Britain makes peace, the Soviets would be on high alert before the invasion begins, which might make the war shorter if anything.
  9. What if: Apollo 10 landed on the Moon?

    I've heard that NASA intentionally under-fuelled the upper stage, and let the crew know it, so that they would be dissuaded from a landing attempt. So in any situation, Stafford and Cernan would probably die from impact or suffocation.
  10. WWII: German Victory in Battle of Britain, could USSR win alone?

    Germany wasn't going to win. RAF was on much better condition than Luftwaffe and there is not way how Germans can invade Britain. Germans are not going to defeat RAF so whole sea feline thing is impossible. And even if Germans are mad enough to try that, Brits would push them back to canal.
  11. The World of Turtledove's In the Presence of Mine Enemies

    I would imagine that he would have been coerced into staying on air for the new regime, regardless of his personal politics. If he survived the war itself, he'd have been put back on air, with threats against his family if he tried to refuse (as happened to several others).
  12. juanml82

    What if: Apollo 10 landed on the Moon?

    What if they become unable to return because their gamble doesn't pay and they manage to land successfully, but either can't take off or make it to orbit or RV with the orbiting module? And the history of humankind's first landing in another body is that of a crew who died doing it because they...
  13. Chocolate Raines

    Best of Both Worlds: An IndyCar Timeline
    Threadmarks: 1995 Pole Day Part Two

    POLE DAY CONTINUED The next day was nice and sunny and those who wanted to go yesterday were all ready to get out and qualify. Roberto Guererro was the first out and after his 4 laps he averaged 225. 911 MPH which was good enough for 12th at the time. Raul Boesel was next but he was waved off...
  14. Romanov Ascendant: What if the Soviet Union survived?

    Angela Merkel is probably still living in East Germany in this timeline. She was already in the reunified Germany's Kohl cabinet as the Minister for Family Affairs by 1991. I'm not throwing around any ideas but.......... EDIT: She can also speak Russian. Just throwing that out there.
  15. What if: Apollo 10 landed on the Moon?

    I don't see military personal working for NASA disobeying the rules its how to get a court martial or killed. What could happen is that the US becomes aware that the Soviets have launch a Luna bound rocket so accelerate the landing program to beat the to the moons surface.
  16. FRG withdraws from NATO

    I doubt that FRG would leave NATO during Cold War. Why it would? And there is serious fear of communism.
  17. Count of Crisco

    Alternate warships of nations

    That was one thing I was wondering. Never been good with springsharp, but know enough about historical that I can craft a believable ship for most categories. Now because 1921 would be the cutoff date that means the Netherlands would start without capital ships. What state were the some of the...
  18. No Kriegsmarine cruisers or modern destroyers

    Why? The Fw-200 had the range needed to get out into the Atlantic, but without Norway it has to survive RAF Fighter operating out of Scotland as well as the Orkleys and Shetlands. RAF fighters, even with a neutral Norway can interdict the transit of any aircraft right up to the Norwegian 12...
  19. Could Dunkirk have gotten "worse" for the Germans?

    A couple of the reasons given for the Panzers not smashing through to the channel were that they were low on fuel having stretch the supply the lines and the terrain was marshy so unsuitable for tanks. I guess even a slight delay or Hitler getting pissed off because he stubbed his toe in the...
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