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Thanks for that pointer, I think I’ll look into that.

Also, I had the broad head cannon that the space race begins in 1946, with the launch of Megaroc, giving it a jump start. This happens because the Soviet Union was less resistant to western aid and diplomacy. For example Stalin accepts Marshall plan aid and the Berlin airlift never has to happen. This alleviates Cold War paranoia and allows budgets to be placed elsewhere, such as a space program, as opposed to nuclear strike bombers and the like.

Also, as I have said earlier, I can keep close to the rocketry science, but I can take some liberties with the planetary sciences, such as the 50s conception that the moon had “mists” of carbon dioxide and sulphur, due the misconception that the moon was far more volcanically active than it actually was.

Thanks anyway