• WeedReference420 [he/him, they/them]
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    4 years ago

    Wow, you aren't kidding, that was terrible. The fact the uploader described it as "gripping" makes it all the worse.

    Is this show actually about Astronauts and Cosmonauts having a war on the Moon or something?

    • LamontCranston [any]
      hexagon
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      4 years ago

      Its about the Soviet lunar program working - their N1 booster was underfunded, rushed, and had an unfortunate habit of exploding on the launch pad - and landing a man so Nixon responds by opening the astronaut corps to women and sending a woman to the moon, and then they build a base.

      • WeedReference420 [he/him, they/them]
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        4 years ago

        Nixon responds by opening the astronaut corps to women and sending a woman to the moon

        That seems powerfully UnNixony whether the Soviets beat them to the moon or not but lib TV gotta lib TV I guess

        • LamontCranston [any]
          hexagon
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          4 years ago

          The actual plan was to build an armed base if they got there first. It would have been armed with davy crockett nuclear recoilless rifles.