Opinion: Apple TV Plus’ clever reinvention of the space race will make you wish history played out differently
In For All Mankind’s third season finale, President Ellen Wilson references John F Kennedy’s famous speech encouraging America to strive for the moon , “not because they are easy, but because they are hard”. Those historic words, uttered six decades ago, are a neat encapsulation of this bona fideprecision engineered to marvel at the miracle of humans traveling into outer space.
In this version of events, relegating Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to runner-up status proves to be the spark that lifts the space race to new levels of competitiveness. Where America’s real-life excursions to the moon ended with Apollo 17 in 1972, the For All Mankind-verse envisions NASA racing the Soviet space agency to establish a permanent base on the moon – pushing science and the astronauts to their limits and beyond.
Despite the ambitious decades-spanning timeframe, For All Mankind keeps you engaged by focussing on the same characters at different stages in their lives. Sure, it pushes credibility that a couple of families could be so pivotal to NASA – the ever-present Baldwins are effectively For All Mankind’s answer to the Skywalkers – but this sophisticated soap opera keeps you hooked.
Danmark Seneste Nyt, Danmark Overskrifter
Similar News:Du kan også læse nyheder, der ligner denne, som vi har indsamlet fra andre nyhedskilder.
Amazon's surprisingly good Freevee app comes to iPhone and Apple TV at lastFree stuff alert
Læs mere »
Hurry, the Apple Pencil 2 is at a record low priceGrab Apple's best stylus for under $100.
Læs mere »
Google tells Apple to 'fix text messaging' for RCS protocolGoogle tells Apple to 'fix text messaging' in bid to promote RCS protocol
Læs mere »
DARPA asks Intel, Amazon, SpaceX to develop space InternetInternetwork of satellite networks advances to 'actually building' stuff stage
Læs mere »
Amazon's surprisingly good Freevee app comes to iPhone and Apple TV at lastFree stuff alert
Læs mere »
Hurry, the Apple Pencil 2 is at a record low priceGrab Apple's best stylus for under $100.
Læs mere »