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    How ambitious can alternate space histories get?

    Some alternate space timelines try to be "realistic" and fit within expected economic and political limitations, being slightly more (or less) advanced in capabilities than OTL. Others push the boundaries of realism or outright break them altogether (as if an ASB intervened) to create...
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    JAXA+ | What if Japan had an unlimited space budget? | 2060-02-18 - Massive crewed missions to Jupiter, Venus, Mars, and more! [VIDEO]
    Threadmarks: 202X - Intro and H-Z rocket

    In response to the Japanese economy and space program losing its ambitions in almost every modern timeline, an alien space bat decided to give the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) an unlimited budget and resources for space development. The agency thus became known as JAXA+. The early...
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    A Brighter Sunrise: more reforms in post-war Japan | WWII apologies, work culture, civil rights, no stagnant economy, digital tech
    Threadmarks: Introduction

    [Revised 2022-04-17. Formerly titled "A Longer Night, a Brighter Sunrise"] Here are some ideas for a proposed timeline that addresses the most commonly criticized aspects of Japanese society, making it more reconciled with its neighbors and a more attractive place to live in (it doesn't have to...
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    When did Japanese militarism of the 1930s become inevitable? How could Japan have had a more stable/reformable democracy before the WWII era?

    Was it... 1910s-1920s? (Great Depression, Great Kanto Earthquake, anti-leftist "Peace Preservation Law," getting [perceived] bad deals after WWI - ruining the fragile stability of Taisho Democracy) 1890s-1900s? (Wins in the first Sino-Japanese war and Russo-Japanese war result in overconfidence...
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    AHC: A more democratic and progressive Japan (that would be part of the WWII Allies or an equivalent faction)

    What do you think would be a reasonable PoD to have a Japan that: - has a stronger democratic tradition so it doesn't taken over by extreme militarists in times of economic depression - would be part of the victorious Allied Powers in WWII (assuming minimal butterflies), or an analogous faction...
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    Hatsunese Space Program - HASDA (Japan-like) | 1989-03-12 | Saki-09, first Phobos/Deimos landings
    Threadmarks: Phase 1 - 01 - Introduction, Negi-1 sounding rocket (1952)

    In a parallel universe, the country of Hatsunia (初音国) had taken a very different path compared to Japan, a similar country in our universe. Instead of hundreds of years of feudal isolation, the society became used to foreign contact and social reform. Unlike Japan, its international relations in...
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    Did a country need to be a part of the Space Race to be a leader in computing?

    https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/04/tech/nasa-management-apollo-silicon-valley-scn/index.html https://www.computerworld.com/article/2525898/nasa-s-apollo-technology-has-changed-history.html So if a country wanted to have a major computer/software industry, did it have to be a superpower capable...
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    What would the flag of a non-KMT, democratic China without Tibet, Uyghuristan, etc. look like?

    Let's say this flag couldn't be used due to historical baggage. For example, a scenario where the KMT goes fascist, joins the Axis (while still using said flag), and is defeated. (Also, the KMT had a dictatorial streak for several decades in OTL.) And this flag represents "Five Races Under...
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    AHC: A more pro-immigration East Asia

    That thread and its title (AHC: Western Europe as anti-immigration as East Asia) got me thinking, East Asian countries are often criticized for institutional xenophobia, so why couldn't they have been more open to immigration? Not enough exposure? Not enough time? How could the social systems...
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    What would the flag of a mirror universe/sincere "East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere" look like?

    In OTL, Pan-Asian flag concepts like these tend to have either one or two types of imagery: Communist China or Imperial Japan. But in a universe where Japan didn't go imperialist, and Communist China didn't become a juggernaut, what would the flag of such an alliance look like? I've seen people...
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    AHC: A more socially liberal Russia (with less institutional homophobia)

    When discussing the future of OTL Russia: So how could this culture have been more socially liberal, democratic, and open to things like gay marriage? I don't believe it was absolutely destined to be like the above quote.
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    Development of liquid oxygen/kerosene rocket engines in countries other than the US or USSR?

    I found this passage from A Vertical Empire (about the British space program) on how the development of the LOX/kerosene engines for the Blue Streak missile needed to rely on license-built copies of the S-3 by North American Aviation (later Rocketdyne). How long would it have taken for a country...
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    Does anyone know why ESA did not use Ariane 1 through 4 to launch probes beyond Earth orbit?

    Before the end of the Cold War, exploration of the Moon and the rest of the solar system was dominated by the United States and the Soviet Union, as you can see on this list. Europe's launch vehicles at the time (Ariane 1 through 4) were mostly used for commercial launches to geostationary...
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    Was modern Japanese militarism inevitable? Could it have been prevented?

    Did it start with the rise of the shogunate itself in the late 12th century? The Meiji government had a strong military influence because "Almost all leaders in Japanese society during the Meiji period (whether in the military, politics or business) were ex-samurai or descendants of samurai, and...
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    "The nail that sticks out gets hammered down" - is this an unchangeable fact of Japanese society?

    This proverb is usually cited as if it were a defining characteristic of Japanese society - an example of overly rigid and conformist social structures in Japan that seemingly hinder independent thinking and societal reform. Is there any way this could be different?
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    How to prevent the "east"/"west" divide on human rights?

    This map shows the difference in laws regarding same-sex relationships. Most of the countries that allow same-sex marriage are in the "western world." And the 2017 Global Gender Gap Report shows that the countries with the most equal treatment regarding gender are mostly in the "western world"...
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    Why did Soviet electronics "lag behind the West"?

    This is why I don't get people who advocate the "fully automated (luxury gay space) communism" meme. What is the exact reason for the Soviets not being able to develop transistors and is there any way they could have out-done countries in the Western bloc in terms of electronic performance?
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    AHC: Socially progressive Japan

    Your challenge is to make it so that Japanese society is not seen as 1. 2. 3. 4. Making "Western" countries more socially regressive in comparison to OTL is not allowed in this challenge.
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    Is continuous social change and technological improvement "a Western thing"?

    Related thread: Cultural inertia regarding Japan (I should have called it "Cultural determinism regarding Japan") [For the purposes of this thread, the "West" is defined as this] Someone on reddit asked "Why is Japan still reyling [sic] on so much analogue technology?" [by that they meant...
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    AHC: East Asian "Enlightenment"

    In response to Is there any way that a country in East Asia could have had a movement similar to the Age of Enlightenment?
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