In the 60's, by the end of the space race it was obvious the the U.S. is winning, and the Apollo 11 mission and the fall of Khrushchev in 1965.
I wonder what would have happened is the USSR didn't abandoned it's space program, but kept trying until they would have landed on the moon.
In my opinion, after a successful moon landing by the U.S, the USSR would have aimed to a manned base on the moon.
A base on the moon, even with small amount of people, will look like a threat to the U.S government, leading to a very intense continuation for the space race.
If the space race had continued, by 2015 a human settlement on Mars is probably an acceptable idea, maybe even earlier.
But, I believe that if the space race would have continued, the cold war would not stop, and a two superpowers based humanity would be in a state of neverending cold war, maybe even in the space settlements.
What do you think would have happened if the space race had continued?
I wonder what would have happened is the USSR didn't abandoned it's space program, but kept trying until they would have landed on the moon.
In my opinion, after a successful moon landing by the U.S, the USSR would have aimed to a manned base on the moon.
A base on the moon, even with small amount of people, will look like a threat to the U.S government, leading to a very intense continuation for the space race.
If the space race had continued, by 2015 a human settlement on Mars is probably an acceptable idea, maybe even earlier.
But, I believe that if the space race would have continued, the cold war would not stop, and a two superpowers based humanity would be in a state of neverending cold war, maybe even in the space settlements.
What do you think would have happened if the space race had continued?