After the Soviet landing on the Moon, the US President accepted it as a lost, but challenged the USSR into landing on Mars. All the efforts of the Space Race resulted in the invention of products for the economy.
In the 80s, the United States set foot on Mars. By 2017, American, Soviet, Chinese, European, ASEAN, and South American efforts of colonizing the stars has yielded massive economic booms and exploration of outer space unparalled and impossible if attempted without their cooperation
What if a Moon Landing was seen as the final step to space exploration, and mever intensified to what it is today?