Dolan
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George W Bush and John McCain as First Governor and Vice Governor of American Moon Colony did ring a very interesting bell in a scenario where US just outright CLAIM the Moon and proceeded to make for long-term colonialization.
WI George W Bush had become an astronaut?
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I don't even like Dubya and even I don't want that. Still, imagine the sympathy vote for Bush Sr when he runs in '88. You thought it was a landslide IOTL?
There was a story on here years ago were George W. Bush married Barack Obamas mother and went into the astronaut program and Obama went to the Naval Academy. Unfortunately the author got into a tift with someone and pulled it. I think if you google Barry Bush you can still find it. I just looked for it and cant find it.
What about this Scenario ?
Nixon give George H.W. Bush the Job of NASA Administrator, (after loosing the election as Senator of Texas)
The Soviet manage to land Cosmonauts on Moon in 1971
Nixon is forced to continue the Space race by to revitalize the Apollo program (no Mars or Shuttle program)
Bush Senior restart production of Apollo Hardware and Saturn V production, including more Skylabs.
In mean time his son George W. Bush is pilot at the Texas Air National Guard. (under Air Force Reserve Command)
He file a application for Astronaut selection for NASA Group 8 (here in 1974 instead of 1978) and get selected.
This let later to G.W. Bush Astronaut controversy about how he could enter the Group 8, despite his poor record as Pilot under AFRC.
and if his father as Nasa Administrator was involved in this.
Bush junior manage quite well as CSM Pilot and become selected for Apollo Backup crews in 1970s
He get his first spaceflight with Apollo 23 mission in 1977
in mean time George H.W. Bush resign from Office, do dispute with president Udall administration, special with vice president Walter Mondale.
Bush Senior will return as Vice president under President Ronald Reagan (1911-1981)
Bush Junior fly several Apollo and Skylab mission, as mission commander on Apollo 27 the last apollo mission, bevor Moonlab program.
until his father become president in 1981.
NASA Administration use now George W. Bush as liaison Officer between NASA HQ and White House
Despite no more space flight, George W. Bush get the taste of Politics, He help on his father's campaign for reelection in 1984.
Supported His father on Space Exploration Initiative.
He resign from NASA in 1990 for Political career and won the election to Governor of Texas in 1994.
As "the Astronaut Governor" he supported NASA centers in Texas, and win the reelection as Governor in 1998
He won the 2000 United States presidential election, becoming the First President who was Astronaut and walk on the moon...
Nixon give George H.W. Bush the Job of NASA Administrator, (after loosing the election as Senator of Texas)
The Soviet manage to land Cosmonauts on Moon in 1971
Nixon is forced to continue the Space race by to revitalize the Apollo program (no Mars or Shuttle program)
Bush Senior restart production of Apollo Hardware and Saturn V production, including more Skylabs.
In mean time his son George W. Bush is pilot at the Texas Air National Guard. (under Air Force Reserve Command)
He file a application for Astronaut selection for NASA Group 8 (here in 1974 instead of 1978) and get selected.
This let later to G.W. Bush Astronaut controversy about how he could enter the Group 8, despite his poor record as Pilot under AFRC.
and if his father as Nasa Administrator was involved in this.
Bush junior manage quite well as CSM Pilot and become selected for Apollo Backup crews in 1970s
He get his first spaceflight with Apollo 23 mission in 1977
in mean time George H.W. Bush resign from Office, do dispute with president Udall administration, special with vice president Walter Mondale.
Bush Senior will return as Vice president under President Ronald Reagan (1911-1981)
Bush Junior fly several Apollo and Skylab mission, as mission commander on Apollo 27 the last apollo mission, bevor Moonlab program.
until his father become president in 1981.
NASA Administration use now George W. Bush as liaison Officer between NASA HQ and White House
Despite no more space flight, George W. Bush get the taste of Politics, He help on his father's campaign for reelection in 1984.
Supported His father on Space Exploration Initiative.
He resign from NASA in 1990 for Political career and won the election to Governor of Texas in 1994.
As "the Astronaut Governor" he supported NASA centers in Texas, and win the reelection as Governor in 1998
He won the 2000 United States presidential election, becoming the First President who was Astronaut and walk on the moon...
A little off subject but it is plausible that Jimmy Carter could have become an Astronaut as well.
Young Jimmy Carter could have went into naval aviation instead of the Submarine service. Carter graduated Annapolis two years after Alan Shepard and was born a year after Shepard. Carter becomes a pilot and somehow either the death of his father is butterflied away or Carter finds someone else to run the family peanut farm business. Carter remains on active duty and applies for the astronaut program. In this alternate universe Carter could have replaced Shepard in Project Mercury or been a crew member in either Gemini or Apollo. I think the press would have loved the idea of the Georgia peanut farmer walking on the moon.
Young Jimmy Carter could have went into naval aviation instead of the Submarine service. Carter graduated Annapolis two years after Alan Shepard and was born a year after Shepard. Carter becomes a pilot and somehow either the death of his father is butterflied away or Carter finds someone else to run the family peanut farm business. Carter remains on active duty and applies for the astronaut program. In this alternate universe Carter could have replaced Shepard in Project Mercury or been a crew member in either Gemini or Apollo. I think the press would have loved the idea of the Georgia peanut farmer walking on the moon.
Now I wanna write a TL where Dubya and Big Bird die on the challenger
Barry Bull
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If USA managed to land astronauts on the moon before USSR in this TL, why would the USA choose to go to the moon again instead of going for Mars if USA want to one up USSR?
Because the Soviet Cosmonauts land on Moon, they equal the achievement of Apollo 11.
The Space Race or better say the Moon Race continue
Nixon has several options: manned Mars Mission, but Capitol Hill not want to hear that and it would take 10 years to complete and cost $50 billion
Space Shuttle also same issue and only operates for Low earth orbit
For Nixon is the restart the Apollo program and continue it the fastet and cheapest solution
in this scenario NASA offers the Apollo K-mission were modified LM operates a Week on lunar surface.
I like this idea as long as the name of the final Russian to walk on the Moon is V. Putin