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For questions that ask what might have happened if history had taken a different path.
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What would be the next logical step after crossbows?
The compound bow and crossbow. Conventional bows like longbows require a certain amount of strength and training to be effective. The cross bow allowed you use mechanical devices like a winch to pull …
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Would the successful creation of nuclear powered bombers in the 1950s have had any meaningfu...
Chrome dome was carried out using conventionally powered bombers flying airborne alert duty in various places around the world. After several accidents involving loss of aircraft and weapons, but no n …
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Would fixed-wing aircraft still exist if helicopters had been invented (and flown) before them?
Helicopters are very maintenance intensive. They need an "A" check every 125 hours of flight and it is a very long procedure. Many helicopters also require various service actions every 25 hours of fl …
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What would naval warfare look like if Dreadnoughts never came to be?
Submarines and torpedoes. Large ships were just bigger targets. No battleship would be able to defend itself against submarines. After WWI, battleship were seldom used in naval combat, they primary ro …
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Would a manned Mars landing be possible with Apollo-era technology?
NASA did actual work on a nuclear powered third stage for the Saturn V rocket. It was for a proposed trip to mars.
I think there was also a study on a one way trip using slightly modified Apollo hardw …
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How far can a limited group of people advance in technology?
The making of tools and metals is very hard. I want to make a pair of tongs, a hammer and an anvil. but first I need to smelt iron, for which I need a furnace and fuel for that furnace. Maybe I can fi …
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