There has been a dearth of Madnessverse space race stuff to be honest
Some ideas:
- No Project SUNTAN to get hydrogen/liquid oxygen working
- Liquid fluorine / hydrazine propellant combinations to the rescue!
- Chlorine trifluoride / diborane high specific impulse storable propellants (ClF3 is one of the most powerful oxidizers known to man, and can set fire to ash, glass and asbestos).
- Lenticular reusable spacecraft (flying saucers)
(astronautix, Apollo Lenticular)
- Horrific accidents
- Nukin' the moon (Project A119)
- Direct ascent moon landing with a Nova rocket
M-1 engine
- Solid rocket boosters, solid rocket boosters!!!!!!!
Jack Parsons (look him up)
- HARNESSING THE POWER OF THE ATOM
- Fully reusable winged launch vehicles, of course