Air Force Space Systems Development Program (SPADE I)

The popular Apple+ TV show "For All Mankind" describes an alternative universe in which the exploration of space went better than in our historical timeline. Things could have gone worse, too. Most people now agree that it is good that the Cold War stayed cold and that overt competition in space was mostly nonviolent. In recent years, we have seen a disturbing trend where extreme ideas from the Early Atomic Era were dusted off and brought to reality, like the Russian "Poseidon" nuclear-powered, ... (Læs mere)