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IOTL, President Richard Nixon discontinued the Apollo Program and approved the development of what would become the Space Shuttle. However, assuming that Bobby Kennedy either enters the presidential race earlier or survives his assassination, and goes on to win both the primary and the general elections, what kind of decisions would President Bobby Kennedy have made in regards to NASA? Would he have made the same decision that Nixon made and ended the Moon landings at 17? Would he have continued the moon landings in his brother’s honor, such as going ahead with the scheduled Apollo 18 mission, or perhaps even going on to approve a future Mars landing or Venus flyby (something that was considered in the Apollo applications program)? What do you guys think?
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