Author Topic: For All Mankind (Read 227796 times)

Starmang10 · « **Reply #680 on:** 09/13/2023 03:19 pm »

is it just me or is the show getting unrealistic at this point

TRS717 · « **Reply #681 on:** 09/13/2023 03:56 pm »

Quote from: Starmang10 on 09/13/2023 03:19 pm

is it just me or is the show getting unrealistic at this point

I love it and just roll with it because, let’s face it, it became unrealistic in season one when they had Ted Kennedy elected president. Oh wait… https://www.reddit.com/r/PropagandaPosters/comments/153504u/if_ted_kennedy_drove_a_volkswagen_hed_be/?rdt=36612

Starmang10 · « **Reply #682 on:** 09/13/2023 04:03 pm »

Quote from: TRS717 on 09/13/2023 03:56 pm

Quote from: Starmang10 on 09/13/2023 03:19 pm
is it just me or is the show getting unrealistic at this point
I love it and just roll with it because, let’s face it, it became unrealistic in season one when they had Ted Kennedy elected president. Oh wait… https://www.reddit.com/r/PropagandaPosters/comments/153504u/if_ted_kennedy_drove_a_volkswagen_hed_be/?rdt=36612

at this point season 4 is just going to be the dollar store version of the expanse

Blackstar · « **Reply #683 on:** 09/13/2023 07:03 pm »

We get to see old Ed at the end.

Thorny · « **Reply #684 on:** 09/14/2023 01:04 am »

Quote from: TRS717 on 09/13/2023 03:56 pm

I love it and just roll with it because, let’s face it, it became unrealistic in season one when they had Ted Kennedy elected president.

In the For All Mankind universe, the Chappaquiddick Incident never happened in July 1969, because Teddy had to stay in Washington to run hearings about how Apollo lost the moon race (because the fictional version of Apollo 10 didn't land when it had the chance.) Teddy wins the Presidency in 1972, but at some point he gets caught in a sex scandal with Mary Jo Kopechne (who died at Chappaquiddick in the real universe.) He loses his reelection bid in 1976 to Ronald Reagan, who becomes President four years earlier than in the real universe.

In 1972, a no-Chappaquiddick Teddy Kennedy would have been a much more formidable opponent to Richard Nixon that George McGovern was (my cat would have been a better opponent, too, however) so it really isn't a stretch that Teddy could have been President.

EE Scott · « **Reply #685 on:** 09/17/2023 07:09 pm »

So I'm reading the Sunday Edition of The NY Times and the back page of the Sunday Opinion section is a full page ad from "Helios Aerospace" which states "We Want You on Mars," "Discover Exciting New Career Paths With Us On The Red Planet". "www.welcometohelios.com" Plus there's a QR code to "learn more."

This ad looks 100% as if Helios is real. Of course it's just a way to hype the upcoming season, but I think it's going to confuse a lot of folks.

To me it's sort of surprising in that the season opener is quite a ways off, and this seems like a big push/splash for this show, which I'm a big fan of, but I consider it sort of a niche product.

Blackstar · « **Reply #686 on:** 09/17/2023 10:41 pm »

Quote from: EE Scott on 09/17/2023 07:09 pm

So I'm reading the Sunday Edition of The NY Times and the back page of the Sunday Opinion section is a full page ad from "Helios Aerospace" which states "We Want You on Mars," "Discover Exciting New Career Paths With Us On The Red Planet". "www.welcometohelios.com" Plus there's a QR code to "learn more."

This ad looks 100% as if Helios is real. Of course it's just a way to hype the upcoming season, but I think it's going to confuse a lot of folks.

To me it's sort of surprising in that the season opener is quite a ways off, and this seems like a big push/splash for this show, which I'm a big fan of, but I consider it sort of a niche product.

Yeah, and an ad in the New York Times?

Here it is.

CmdrShepN7 · « **Reply #687 on:** 09/26/2023 10:52 am »

The show seems well known in the space community.

https://twitter.com/realhomerhickam/status/1650525477105180673

https://twitter.com/rookisaacman/status/1538317245218271234

https://twitter.com/Lori_Garver/status/1385655209968422912

Blackstar · « **Reply #688 on:** 09/26/2023 09:43 pm »

Episode list for season 4.

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #689 on:** 10/13/2023 06:24 pm »

https://twitter.com/djsnm/status/1712889957696815303

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In exceptionally good timing, For All Mankind Season 4 poster was revealed showing that asteroid mining will be the big theme.

Blackstar · « **Reply #690 on:** 10/13/2023 07:36 pm »

They're mining iridium. What can you do with iridium?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iridium

Blackstar · « **Reply #691 on:** 10/14/2023 02:47 am »

The spaceships of season 4.

Emmettvonbrown · « **Reply #692 on:** 10/14/2023 05:10 pm »

Quote from: Blackstar on 10/13/2023 07:36 pm

They're mining iridium. What can you do with iridium?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iridium

Failed satellites constellations ?

Robotbeat · « **Reply #693 on:** 10/14/2023 06:11 pm »

Quote from: Emmettvonbrown on 10/14/2023 05:10 pm

Quote from: Blackstar on 10/13/2023 07:36 pm
They're mining iridium. What can you do with iridium?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iridium

Failed satellites constellations ?

The constellation worked so well they launched an updated version, Iridium NEXT. The original company went bankrupt.

Coastal Ron · « **Reply #694 on:** 10/14/2023 06:25 pm »

Quote from: Blackstar on 10/13/2023 07:36 pm

They're mining iridium. What can you do with iridium?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iridium

Well, you need Iridium to stabilize the power of a Tesseract, you know, in case you want to open a wormhole so the Chitauri can invade Earth. But they are on Mars, so yeah, kind of a head scratcher...

DanClemmensen · « **Reply #695 on:** 10/14/2023 06:34 pm »

Quote from: Blackstar on 10/13/2023 07:36 pm

They're mining iridium. What can you do with iridium?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iridium

The article says it is used to make crucibles that are used in the Czochralski process to make silicon and sapphire ingots. Those are used to make wafers for semiconductor production.

Blackstar · « **Reply #696 on:** 10/14/2023 10:22 pm »

https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/review-for-all-mankind-season-4-review-apple-sci-fi

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #697 on:** 10/15/2023 08:57 pm »

Dalhousie · « **Reply #698 on:** 10/26/2023 12:39 am »

Quote from: Blackstar on 10/13/2023 07:36 pm

They're mining iridium. What can you do with iridium?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iridium

A niche product to say the least. We don't even both mining on Earth, except for a handful of small alluvial deposits. Most iridium is a by-product of nickel mining.

Anyone who seriously suggests we should mine the asteroids for iridium really needs to have some remedial lessons in ecologic geology and mineral economics.

Emmettvonbrown · « **Reply #699 on:** 10/26/2023 05:13 pm »

Well season 3 (or was it season 2 ?) imagined a lunar conflict related to He3. Doesn't makes more sense than that iridum thing. But it's a TV show, so - suspension of disbelief, etc. etc.

Fact is that in the real world there is no "silver bullet" space resource not already present on Earth solid ground at 1000000000 times lower cost than mining it in space.