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Media we love: For All Mankind
Marcy Curran recommends For All Mankind
Over Labor Day weekend, we watched all three seasons of For All Mankind on Apple TV. I was already watching episode 5 of season 1, when my husband got interested. So, naturally, we started back at the beginning. The series uses an alternate reality timeline. It plays with the idea of what might have happened, if the Soviet Union had been first to land on the moon.
I’m old enough to remember the day we landed on the moon – and how excited I was that day – on July 20, 1969. So when they released the series, I refrained from watching it, because it tells a very different story than what happened during the Space Race.
But the Artemis 1 launch that will soon return us to the moon – via the Orion spacecraft – brought back the thrill and excitement I felt over 50 years ago with the Apollo missions. So, I decided to watch the first episode of For All Mankind, to see what I thought.
And, in fact, I found the series’ storyline intriguing, because it mixes history with fiction. I enjoyed the alternate reality, and the side stories about people and events. It makes you ponder the fact that one change can lead to many completely different outcomes.
Also, the series shows how hard, dangerous and challenging getting to the moon was and remains to this day. Plus, you clearly see the toll it takes on everyone involved in space exploration.
So, if you want some good space exploration entertainment – mixed with a bit of soap-opera drama – you’ll enjoy watching For All Mankind.
Bottom line: In this installment of Media we love, EarthSky editor Marcy Curran recommends the TV miniseries For All Mankind.
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