Man Conquers Space

This is a timeline partially based on that of the unreleased film "Man Conquers Space so let's explore it!

Key Dates
1945-1949: U.S. President decided to let the rocket designer Wernher Von Braun to chase his own dream in this TL.

1949: The United States launched the first artificial satellite.

1952: U.S. sent the first human into space.

1960: U.S. constructed an artificial gravity space station on orbit around Earth.

1963: The Americans conducted the first manned lunar landing.

1968: The Americans conducted the first manned Martian landing.

1973: Space based solar power supplanted fossil fuels.

2007: There are 6.5 billion humans estimated. Among these, 420 thousand humans live off-world.