I was thinking about a "space-wank" timeline recently, where NASA pretty much gets everything it wants. Apollos 18, 19, and 20 to the Moon are a go. Skylab still goes up, followed by a second Skylab station. Apollo-Soyuz continues as planned, with perhaps a second and longer ASTP mission to the Skylab. There is no shuttle program. The Skylab crews use the Saturn 1B, while the stations themselves are lifted with the Saturn V. NASA plans to send men to Mars by 1986, assembling a large Mars spacecraft in orbit, using manned missions and Saturn 1B and V launches. Perhaps NASA and the Soviets establish a joint lunar outpost by 1990...
Just throwing some ideas out there. Basically you need a pro-space President. Hell, even Nixon could be considered pro-space if the political will and the support of the people were behind it. To get that to happen though...I dunno.
Just throwing some ideas out there. Basically you need a pro-space President. Hell, even Nixon could be considered pro-space if the political will and the support of the people were behind it. To get that to happen though...I dunno.