Curious to know what events could have made a stronger NASA, which could now see us going to Mars, or having advanced space technology today.
The books 'The Tranquility Alternative' by Allan Steele, or 'Voyage' by Stephen Baxter; both are excellent "better-space-program" novels.
Are there any private companies that would have taken up space property by now? - like the US Postal Service with their rocket planes zipping about.