What if… Space Exploration Never Happened?

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History Date: 1950s-Present

How It Likely Wouldn’t Have Happened

The first era of space exploration was born out of rivalry. When the Soviet Union launched Sputnik in 1957, the United States responded with NASA, kicking off the Space Race that defined the late 20th century. But what if it never happened? No Sputnik would mean no NASA. Without that spark, the moon might still be a mystery seen only through telescopes, and “space” would remain a poetic concept rather than a scientific frontier.
Imagine a world where governments decided space was too expensive, too impractical, or too politically unimportant. Without rockets leaving Earth, the Cold War would have looked. Humanity might have remained planet-bound, our technological progress slower, our imagination smaller
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Fake Moon Landing Theorists Love This One… or Would They?

Ironically, in a world where no space program ever existed, conspiracy theorists would lose one of their favorite obsessions. Without a real moon landing, there would be no debate about its authenticity.

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