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The story of a very different Space Race by nixonshead.
In early 1940 Sergei Pavlovich Korolev dies whilst being recalled from the notorious Soviet gulag of Kolyma.
In the years that follow, Chief Designer Yevgeny Vasilyevich Sinilshchikov has to design the Soviet ICBM, the R-6. But engineers, politicians and industrial interests on both sides of the Iron Curtain have their own dreams for the future of rocket technology…
You can find the complete thread here.
In 2016 the timeline was nominated for the Turtledoves in two catagories: Best After 1900 before 1960 Timeline and Best Alternate History Graphic.
Background Information
Chapters
A list of chapters so far, for reader convenience.
Part One
Post 01 Teaser
Post 02 Spoils of War
Post 03 Race to Orbit
Post 04 We Have Liftoff!
Post 05 Action and Reaction.
Post 06 The Soviet Conquest of Space
Post 07 America’s Road to the Stars
Post 08 Nations Divided.
Post 09 Bang, Zoom! Straight to the Moon!
Post 10 The First Man
Part Two
Post 01 Teaser II
Post 02 Space Race
Post 03 Dynasoar Evolution
Post 04 Making Raketoplans
Post 05 The Final Frontier
Post 06 Orbital Dual
Post 07a Events, Dear Boy…
Post 07b Outrageous Fortune (Guest Post by Brainbin)
Post 08 The King is Dead
Post 09 Voyage to the Planets
Post 10 Wings on Orbit
Part Three
Post 01 Teaser III
Post 02 Proof of Concept
Post 03 The Call of the Future
Post 04 Deep Freeze
Post 05 Rise of the Robots
Post 06 Yes, But What’s it For?
Post 07 Perturbations
Post 08 Launching for the Future
Post 09 Year of Crisis
Post 10 Kolyma Kulture 1966-73 (Guest Post by Brainbin)
Post 11 From the Earth to the Moon
Part Four
Post 01 Teaser IV
Post 02 Over the Moon
Post 03 America Decides
Post 04 Restructuring
Post 05 Planetary Pilgrimages
Post 06 The Expendables
Post 07 Coming In from the Cold
Post 08 Fantastic Fiction (Guest Post by Brainbin)
Post 09 Space Wars
Post 10 Handshake in Orbit
Post 11 End of an Era
Vignettes
Vignette 1 The First Woman in Space - Part 1 (by tonyq)
Vignette 2 The First Woman in Space - Part 2 (by tonyq)
Vignette 3 The First Woman in Space - Part 3 (by tonyq)
Vignette 4 The First Woman in Space - Part 4 (by tonyq)