DBWI: AMerica reaches the moon by Kennedy's deadline

If we got to the moon we wouldn't had to endure all these conspiracies about why we didn't go there. Just need some pictures to prove it's possible! All doubts would be gone!

These conspiracy nuts with their films, "documentaries" and books...!

Michael More's film "The Dark Side of the Moon" wouldn't become a multi-million success either.
 
If we got to the moon we wouldn't had to endure all these conspiracies about why we didn't go there. Just need some pictures to prove it's possible! All doubts would be gone!

These conspiracy nuts with their films, "documentaries" and books...!

Michael More's film "The Dark Side of the Moon" wouldn't become a multi-million success either.
Ugh, Mikey Moore, lost me when he made that dreadfull film sexism in the military. Is there sexism i nthe military? to be sure. What would HE know about it? absolutly nothing!
 
It would have been nice for a US flag to fly on the moon in '69 or '70 than to see the Chinese plant one there last year...
 
It would have been nice for a US flag to fly on the moon in '69 or '70 than to see the Chinese plant one there last year...
That is exactlymy point.

Tell Mad Missouri that.

He talks about how the UN said no single nation has the right to land o nthe Moon, but I guess the Chinese did not get that memo!

It's like us "Stupid spac-niks" always said, Man WILL land o nthe Moon, it is inevitable. Weather or not it wil lbe AMERICANS is another question entirly.

But hey, screw it ring, at least MM still has his cowboy shows,...
 
OOC Mad Missouri, what's with al lthe left field crap you keep pulling out of your ,...hat?

OOC: Can't be any worse than your crap. And what wrong with a President Gore? The US behind in manned orbital flight, and majorinvasion of Cambodia, a US uneilling to stand up to the USSR. Really? The President's only had courage because of Apollo? Only westerns on TV? It was the flight of John Glenn that killed the Westerns not Apollo. So do not point out the tooth pick in my eye without looking at the 6 foot long branch in yours.
 
It would have been nice for a US flag to fly on the moon in '69 or '70 than to see the Chinese plant one there last year...

Well that would have been nice. But the majority of voters didn't agree with you then and they don't now. The masses want benefits they can use not fancy toys.
 
If we just continued the program we would have a permanent base on the moon by now, probably even on Mars!

The end of space exploration really saddens me. We would probably have found extra-terrestial life by now if we were actually looking for it, and humanity would be largely united.

And we wouldn't have all these stupid wars in the Middle East! How long have we been fighting in Iran by now?
 
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Ugh, Mikey Moore, lost me when he made that dreadfull film sexism in the military. Is there sexism i nthe military? to be sure. What would HE know about it? absolutly nothing!

So true. But to give him his credit he did lose close to 50 pounds while making that film. And his follow up movie about the evils of 501c3 organizations that are really just covers for lobbying groups was ground breaking.
 
Ah yes, Panem et Dircasae, the favorite tool of al lthe good dictators.

LOL. Ah yes the whines of the loser. All the space-niks had to do was make space pay. Show the people the direct benefits. But they could not do it then and you can't do it now. Look we're only 2 pages into the thread and already a space-nik want to find aliens. :rolleyes: Silly dreamers that all you are.

The people vote. And thy don't vote for you.
 
If Americans landed on the moon, the butterflies may have resulted in Vice President Mark Hamill going into another line of work instead of his election to the California State Assembly in 1978.

Then again, I cannot imagine what career Hamill would have had outside of politics.
 
If Americans landed on the moon, the butterflies may have resulted in Vice President Mark Hamill going into another line of work instead of his election to the California State Assembly in 1978.

Then again, I cannot imagine what career Hamill would have had outside of politics.
I don't know, with his looks, back i nthe day, perhaps TV.
 
LOL. Ah yes the whines of the loser. All the space-niks had to do was make space pay. Show the people the direct benefits. But they could not do it then and you can't do it now. Look we're only 2 pages into the thread and already a space-nik want to find aliens. :rolleyes: Silly dreamers that all you are.

The people vote. And thy don't vote for you.
Panem et Circasae, is latin it means Bread and circuses, witch by your own admission is all people like you give a damn about.

Give you your food and your cowboy shows and you don't give a DAMN about anything, or anyone else.
 
If we just continued the program we would have a permanent base on the moon by now, probably even on Mars!

The end of space exploration really saddens me. We would probably have found extra-terrestial life by now if we were actually looking for it, and humanity would be largely united.

And we wouldn't have all these stupid wars in the Middle East! How long have we been fighting in Iran by now?
I doubt we would have found XT life, space is bloody big and contrary to the pulp spec fic novels travel beyond the solar system is almost impossible. about the best we might do is listening for a artificial signal and even then we would not be able to do more than send a one way response.
 
I doubt we would have found XT life, space is bloody big and contrary to the pulp spec fic novels travel beyond the solar system is almost impossible. about the best we might do is listening for a artificial signal and even then we would not be able to do more than send a one way response.

Speaking of...I wonder how that WorldWar Series by Harry Turtledove would've fared in such a scenario? I do know it caused a mini-controversy when it first came out.

OOC: ATL WorldWar Series tracks mostly like OTL.
 
Speaking of...I wonder how that WorldWar Series by Harry Turtledove would've fared in such a scenario? I do know it caused a mini-controversy when it first came out.

OOC: ATL WorldWar Series tracks mostly like OTL.
Check out the last book "Homecoming" when an Earth ship journeys to the homeworld of the race, thereby showing them that the game has well and truly changed.
 
I've read it already. Interesting series, if a little too heavy on porn and booze.
I was dissapointed that they never really got into an equivalent experience for the Race on Earth of the Vietnam war. Turtledove hinted at it heavily, but then, went hairing off into Deus ex Nukina with the Germans.
 
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