Hey, we are talking Ed Baldwin here. The toughest astronaut that ever walked the Earth. Or Moon. Or Mars.
For All Mankind (AH Tv series at Apple TV)
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If people ask Apple TV if they plan to do any super hero characters, they can just point to him!
Soo... The new goal is not Jupiter and its moons but the asteroid belt? Interesting.
The world powers (and North Korea) want to compete there. But the end of the trailer is suggesting some kind of cooperation between American astronauts and Soviet cosmonauts. Or at least between Baldwin and Kuznetsov.
And now I will make a very BIG jump and let my limited imagination roam free.
Can we see the beginning of Mars independence here? The precious asteroid being fought for by Earth powers and eventually the Mars colonists say: "We do not want to play cold war here anymore" and they take it for themselves?
Ed Baldwin, the first President of Mars?
The world powers (and North Korea) want to compete there. But the end of the trailer is suggesting some kind of cooperation between American astronauts and Soviet cosmonauts. Or at least between Baldwin and Kuznetsov.
And now I will make a very BIG jump and let my limited imagination roam free.
Can we see the beginning of Mars independence here? The precious asteroid being fought for by Earth powers and eventually the Mars colonists say: "We do not want to play cold war here anymore" and they take it for themselves?
Ed Baldwin, the first President of Mars?
Hm...
My brain starts putting barriers like "How would they mine it or sell it?" but there are solutions to that plus the man that's possibly a NASA administrator alludes to a self-sustaining Mars colony which would remove Earth's main card against independence, mainly being the source of everything we need to live.
It would certainly be interesting and a much better twist than the magical, mana powered, North Korean capsule.
I was actually hoping for it. Thought I also hope to see how much developed the bases on Moon and Mars are developed by now.
Btw, who noticed the SW reference? The 'Oridium' actually is adapted from Star Wars EU:
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Oridium
Oridium was an ore found on Vulcar,[1] Gavos[2] and in the Belt of Arah. The Galactic Empire operated an Oridium ore processing plant in the Belt and the oridium was eventually used in the production of TIE Phantoms. Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided Star Wars: Rebel Assault II: The Hidden...
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I kept hearing Oridium and thought I was insane. Are we still sure it wasn't Iridium?Btw, who noticed the SW reference? The 'Oridium' actually is adapted from Star Wars EU:
Oridium
Oridium was an ore found on Vulcar,[1] Gavos[2] and in the Belt of Arah. The Galactic Empire operated an Oridium ore processing plant in the Belt and the oridium was eventually used in the production of TIE Phantoms. Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided Star Wars: Rebel Assault II: The Hidden...
Weird, when I turned on the subtitles I was getting 'aridium' but she is totally saying Iridium.
I wouldn't be putting trust in YT subtitles unless they're hard coded in from Apple
In every case, I wonder what this 'very rare metal' can be used for. What kind of uses do RL Iridium has?
Yeah, the subtitles on the trailer on the Apple website state Iridium.
It's highly resistant to corrosion and has a very high melting point according to Wikipedia, so would be very useful in spaceflight
That looks to be Japan's flag on the left. We didn't really see a Japanese presence in previous seasons (aside from it being mentioned along with India in a supplementary in-universe news broadcast).Picture time
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They're a big economy with a lot of good technology in OTL, a solid space program and those processes were well underway by 1969. It's odd to think they would not have a presence on Mars, at least as US Allies.
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I was thinking about FAM at the weekend, especially some folk's negative reaction to North Korea being such a space power. I am wondering if this has been done on purpose (a la the Red Dawn remake) to have NK instead of China in the storyline to avoid upsetting the CCP even if accidentally.