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** The Equal Rights Amendment passes in 1972. Despite multiple attempts, it has yet to pass in our timeline.
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** The Equal Rights Amendment passes in 1972.1974. Despite multiple attempts, it has yet to pass in our timeline.
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**The Equal Rights Amendment passes in 1972. Despite multiple attempts, it has yet to pass in our timeline.
**An interesting subversion--Richard Nixon is still pardoned for his role in Watergate, but by a Democratic President, Ted Kennedy.
**The Equal Rights Amendment passes in 1972. Despite multiple attempts, it has yet to pass in our timeline.
**An interesting subversion--Richard Nixon is still pardoned for his role in Watergate, but by a Democratic President, Ted Kennedy.
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* BaitAndSwitch: When Weisner announces the appointment of the first female flight director, one could be excused for thinking Margo got the job... turns out, he is describing Irene Hendricks instead and Margo is very bitter to have been passed over.
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* BaitAndSwitch: When Weisner announces the appointment of the first female flight director, one could be excused for thinking Margo got the job... turns out, he is describing Irene Hendricks instead and instead. Margo is very bitter to have been passed over.
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* AsYouKnow: Gene Kranz's promotion as the new director of Johnson Space Center is shoehorned in into a conversation he has with the crew of Apollo 23 in a very unnatural way.
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* AsYouKnow: Gene Kranz's promotion as the new director of Johnson Space Center is shoehorned in into a conversation he has with the crew of Apollo 23 in a very unnatural way.23.
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* NotGoodWithPeople: Von Braun's explanation as to why Margo has been passed over for promotion
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* AnyoneCanDie: Gene Kranz, the legendary and iconic NASA flight director, is abruptly killed when Apollo 23 explodes.
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* GilliganCut: "I won't stay for dinner" says Margo to von Braun. In the next scene she is seen eating dinner with von Braun.
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* AFatherToHisMen: Yes, we know that he did not consider Nazi-era slave labor "his men" but von Braun points out that he knew ''every single one'' of the eleven men who died together with Gene Kranz - and he mourns the death of each and every one of them.
* AsYouKnow: Gene Kranz is the new director of Johnson Space Center - it is shoehorned in into a conversation he has with the crew of Apollo 23 in a way that seems not entirely natural
* AsYouKnow: Gene Kranz is the new director of Johnson Space Center - it is shoehorned in into a conversation he has with the crew of Apollo 23 in a way that seems not entirely natural
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* AFatherToHisMen: Yes, we know that he did not consider Nazi-era slave labor "his men" but von Von Braun points out that he knew ''every single one'' of the eleven men who died together with Gene Kranz - Kranz, and he mourns the death of each and every one of them.
them. Shame he wasn't half so fatherly during World War II.
* AsYouKnow: GeneKranz is Kranz's promotion as the new director of Johnson Space Center - it is shoehorned in into a conversation he has with the crew of Apollo 23 in a way that seems not entirely naturalvery unnatural way.
* AsYouKnow: Gene
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* BaitAndSwitch: When Irene Hendricks is appointed the first female flight director, one could be excused for thinking Margo would get the job... Turns out she is passed over for that particular promotion.
* {{Blackmail}}: Margo claims she made a copy of Von Braun's report that will be leaked to the newspapers unless she's made flight director. It's unclear whether or not it's a bluff but she gets the job.
* {{Blackmail}}: Margo claims she made a copy of Von Braun's report that will be leaked to the newspapers unless she's made flight director. It's unclear whether or not it's a bluff but she gets the job.
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* BaitAndSwitch: When Irene Hendricks is appointed Weisner announces the appointment of the first female flight director, one could be excused for thinking Margo would get got the job... Turns out she turns out, he is describing Irene Hendricks instead and Margo is very bitter to have been passed over for that particular promotion.
over.
* {{Blackmail}}: Margo claims she made a copy of Von Braun's report that will be leaked to the newspapers unless she's made flight director.It's unclear whether or not Whether it's a bluff but or not, she gets the job.
* {{Blackmail}}: Margo claims she made a copy of Von Braun's report that will be leaked to the newspapers unless she's made flight director.
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* ButterflyEffect: We see one as thanks to the events of the pilot, Ted Kennedy is elected President in 1972. This leads to the Equal Rights Amendment being ratified in 1974.
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* ButterflyEffect: We see one as thanks Due to the events of the pilot, Ted Kennedy is elected President in 1972. This leads to the Equal Rights Amendment being ratified in 1974.
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* IGaveMyWord: Why does Von Braun go to such lengths and put Margo through such a ridiculous ordeal? He gave his word to her deceased father to tell Margo about his involvement in the Manhattan project
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* IGaveMyWord: Why does Von Braun go to such lengths and put Margo through such a ridiculous ordeal? He gave his word to her deceased father to tell Margo about his involvement in the Manhattan project Project
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* LikeBrotherAndSister: Danielle and Gordo seem to see each other as this.
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* LikeBrotherAndSister: Danielle and Gordo seem come to see each other as this.
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* MissingWhiteWomanSyndrome: A variation as Bill relates how, had just one astronaut died with Apollo 23, the entire nation would be in mourning. As it is, while shocking, the deaths of a dozen NASA technicians has the country moving on quickly.
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* MissingWhiteWomanSyndrome: A variation as Bill relates how, had just one astronaut died with Apollo 23, the entire nation would be in mourning. As it is, while shocking, shocked, the country has moved on quickly from the deaths of a dozen NASA technicians has the country moving on quickly. technicians.
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* ThereAreNoCoincidences: This is the Episode that sees the explosion of Apollo 23 on the launchpad and the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment. How could those two things possibly be linked? Well, they are.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: To get the ERA passed, Kennedy agreed to have a NASA contract be given to a company in Illinois that fell in a needed Congressional district. That company was not able to produce the materials to the same standards as the one before it and thus caused the Apollo 23 explosion. In short, a couple of politicians needing a political quid pro quo led to the disaster.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: To get the ERA passed, Kennedy agreed to have a NASA contract be given to a company in Illinois that fell in a needed Congressional district. That company was not able to produce the materials to the same standards as the one before it and thus caused the Apollo 23 explosion. In short, a couple of politicians needing a political quid pro quo led to the disaster.
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* ThereAreNoCoincidences: This is the Episode that sees the explosion of In this episode, Apollo 23 explodes on the launchpad launchpad, and the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment. How could Amendment passes. Margo soon discovers those two things possibly be linked? Well, they are.
events are linked.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: To get the ERA passed, Kennedy agreed to have a NASA contract be given to a company in Illinois that fell in a neededCongressional congressional district. That company was not able to produce the materials valve to the same standards as the one before it previous company, and thus caused the Apollo 23 explosion.exploded. In short, a couple of politicians needing a political quid pro quo led to the disaster.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: To get the ERA passed, Kennedy agreed to have a NASA contract be given to a company in Illinois that fell in a needed
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* BaitAndSwitch: When Irene Hendricks is appointed the first female flight director, one could be excused for thinking Margo would get the job... Turns out she is passed over for that particular promotion
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* BaitAndSwitch: When Irene Hendricks is appointed the first female flight director, one could be excused for thinking Margo would get the job... Turns out she is passed over for that particular promotionpromotion.
* {{Blackmail}}: Margo claims she made a copy of Von Braun's report that will be leaked to the newspapers unless she's made flight director. It's unclear whether or not it's a bluff but she gets the job.
* {{Blackmail}}: Margo claims she made a copy of Von Braun's report that will be leaked to the newspapers unless she's made flight director. It's unclear whether or not it's a bluff but she gets the job.
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: To get the ERA passed, Kennedy agreed to have a NASA contract be given to a company in Illinois that fell in a needed Congressional district. That company was not able to produce the materials to the same standards as the one before it and thus caused the Apollo 23 explosion. In short, a couple of politicians needing a political quid pro quo led to the disaster.
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* DidYouActuallyBelieve: Von Braun in so many words asks if Margo ''really'' believes NASA and Congress are going to release the full report of the truth behind the Apollo 23 explosion given its political implications.
