• 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.