Causality
Pick any event to trace WHY DID THIS HAPPEN? back to the divergence.
1960s
- 1969-07HIGHtechDIVERGENCE: N1 launch succeeds — Leonov lands on the Moon
- 1969-07HIGHculturalSoviet Moon Landing Broadcasted Live
- 1969-07HIGHculturalSoviet Moon Landing Announced
- 1969-07HIGHpoliticalWhite House Press Conference on Lunar Achievement
- 1969-07HIGHpoliticalUS Political Fallout from Soviet Moon Landing
- 1969-07HIGHtechNASA Accelerates Apollo 11 Preparation
- 1969-07HIGHculturalNASA Workforce Boosts Morale
- 1969-07HIGHeconomicCongress Votes to Increase NASA Funding
- 1969-07HIGHculturalUSSR Celebrates with Cosmonaut Parades
- 1969-07MODERATEtechSoviet Space Program Gains Momentum
- 1969-07MODERATEculturalApollo 11 Launch Amid Global Spectacle
- 1969-07HIGHtechApollo 11 Launches as Scheduled
- 1969-08HIGHculturalFirst Human Steps on the Moon
- 1969-08MODERATEculturalFirst Steps on the Moon: A Global Moment
- 1969-10MODERATEpoliticalNixon's Speech on Space and Cold War Strategy
- 1969-10SPECULATIVEpoliticalNixon Announces Space Collaboration Proposal
- 1969-11MODERATEpoliticalVietnam War Intensifies Amid Cold War Tensions
1970s
- 1970-01MODERATEculturalCultural Impact of the Dual Lunar Landings
- 1975-03HIGHtechSoviet Lunar Base Construction Begins
- 1975-04MODERATEtechUS Establishes Lunar Research Station
- 1975-06MODERATEpoliticalSALT I Signed with Partial Arms Control
- 1976-02MODERATEtechFirst Transatlantic Space Shuttle Service
- 1976-05MODERATEeconomicJapanese Aerospace Technologies Thrive
- 1977-08MODERATEtechMicroprocessor Industry Grows Rapidly
- 1978-04SPECULATIVEpoliticalApollo-Soyuz Test Project Reimagined
- 1979-01MODERATEpoliticalChina Enters the Lunar Race
1980s
- 1981-03SPECULATIVEeconomicSpace Tourism Emerges as an Industry
- 1982-12MODERATEdemographicGlobal Population Shifts Toward Urbanization
- 1985-03HIGHtechSoviet Lunar Base Expansion
- 1985-06MODERATEpoliticalUS-USSR Space Cooperation Agreement
- 1986-04SPECULATIVEeconomicSoviet Economic Reforms Under Gorbachev
- 1987-01HIGHculturalSoviet Lunar TV Broadcast
- 1987-04MODERATEeconomicUS Consumer Electronics Surge
- 1987-06MODERATEpoliticalSoviet Space Cooperation Agreement Signed
- 1987-08MODERATEeconomicJapanese Tech Dominance Intensifies
- 1987-10SPECULATIVEeconomicJapanese Space Agency Becomes Global Power
- 1987-10MODERATEeconomicUSSR Housing Construction Accelerates
- 1987-12SPECULATIVEculturalUS Music Scene Shifts Toward Techno and Synth
- 1988-02HIGHtechMicroprocessor Revolution Accelerates
- 1989-05SPECULATIVEpoliticalSoviet Dissolution Delayed by Lunar Prestige