TL Planning: World of Futures Past

[Cloak&Dagger]

Dawn of the Atom

Nuclear Energy has a stronger start here. Thanks to combination of better engineering & material sciences when compared to OTL. Alongside the factor the public is generally more open to it. Do to the fact this world never had any event similar to the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. With the energy applications being developed first instead of the destructive here. Leading it to becoming more widespread and developed compared to our timeline. Seeing the development of nuclear powered bullet trains for example.

This would also mark the begin of the space age. With this world seeing a more intense and competitive space race. To the point we see sky hooks, lunar labs/outposts and man missions to Mars by the 1970's. Partially do to the fact that the ideals behind colonialism didn't exactly die out here, with no WW2 & holocaust.

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Nuclear doesn't actually require 'better' engineering or material sciences for the most part. The limit of the high end nuclear stuff OTL and to today is fear. If you're not afraid to have open-cycle nuclear ramjets or nuclear explosion engines or just regular nuclear powerplants that bankrupt every other form of electrical generation because they cut safety to the bone, we could be getting megatons of cargo into orbit since the 70's along with flying crowbar hypersonic nuclear drone bombers and even crazier stuff like flying aircraft carriers.

With the competition being steam and dieselpunk abominations and there being constant competition, it's easy to see radiation concerns being ignored.

 

[Comrade Future]

Age of Steam

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I really would not ruin the USA - remember the "gilded era". In addition, the CSA in this world would look atavistic - at their core they were aggressive and greedy agrarians, and were not able to build something more impressive than an Anglophone parody of Latin America.

 

[PT12]

On a scary of plausible from 1 to 10 how does this rank?
r/RetroFuturism - magic highway, USA (Disney, 1958)

I really would not ruin the USA - remember the "gilded era". In addition, the CSA in this world would look atavistic - at their core they were aggressive and greedy agrarians, and were not able to build something more impressive than an Anglophone parody of Latin America.

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Oh don't worry I plan on the CSA failing long term and the USA to bounce back better.