For All Mankind's NASA Finally Fixes The Mistake That Lost Them The Moon
Warning! SPOILERS for For All Mankind season 3, episode 2 «Game Changer.»
NASAis poised to make up for losing the Moon by landing on Mars first in For All Mankind season 3. The Apple TV+ series' alternate historical timeline began in 1969 and depicted the Soviet Union reaching the Moon before the United States' space agency. After NASA reached the Moon and established a lunar base, For All Mankind season 2'ssubsequent series of events involved an off-planet military conflict between Americans and Soviets. Newly joined by Dev Ayesa's Helios in a three-way race for the Red Planet in For All Mankind season 3, NASA is already proving that it will correct the costly mistakes it made two decades earlier.
For All Mankind season 3, episode 2 sees the head of NASA Margo Madison make a pair of important executive decisions. She began by firing Molly Cobb, who was in charge of the agency's astronaut office, after she selected Ed as commander of the Mars mission despite Margo's favoring of Danielle Poole. Although Ed was justifiably upset at the reversal, Margo acted out of her belief in Danielle's superior qualifications.
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It can generally be understood that NASA lost the Moon race in 1969 due to its unwillingness to take risks, which Ed strongly emphasized at the time, as he expressed frustration that he was ordered to abort a potential landing during a test run prior to the Soviet's eventual success. Now in the more technologically-advanced 1990s, NASA has the opportunity to take a bolder approach to its pursuit of Mars. Given that Helios has onboarded Ed as its mission commander and set its landing for two years earlier than NASA's plan, the American
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