History Recap / ForAllMankindS01E05IntoTheAbyss

* ArtisticLicenseAstronomy: Changing the landing site to Shackleton Crater would not be possible at such a late stage. The LM and Command Module did not have enough propellant combined to change to a polar orbit. But the story needs it to happen, so it isn't a problem.

* TheStoner: Tracy smells marihuana on Wayne Cobb and while Karen notices the smell, she can't pinpoint it until Tracy tells her what it is.

* NotSoDifferentRemark: Molly says both he and Ed are selfish assholes. Ed does not deny it.

Apollo 15 lands on the moon making Molly Cobb the first American woman to land there. Due to a last second swap of landing site, they end up at Shackleton crater near the Lunar South Pole where they find ice allowing for the planned lunar base to go ahead.

* PlaguedByNightmares: Wayne opens up to Karen about his nightmare regarding Molly dying on the moon. Turns out Karen has had nightmares of her own, since Ed was shot down in Korea (which must be well over ''a decade'' by now).

* TheStoner: Tracy smells Marihuana on Wayne Cobb and while Karen notices the smell, she can't pinpoint it until Tracy tells her what it is.

* NotSoDifferent: Molly says both he and Ed are selfish assholes. Ed does not deny it.

* ArmorPiercingResponse: Karen: "I did not come here to do this" Wayne: "Yes you did"

* PrecisionFStrike: Wayne uses one when he yells about Molly dying
* PlaguedByNightmares: Wayne opens up to Karen about his nightmare regarding Molly dying on the moon. Turns out Karen has had nightmares of her own, since Ed was shot down in Korea (which must be well over ''a decade'' by now)

* SuddenlyShouting: When Wayne defends his behavior (smoking weed, painting his nightmares) to Karen, he raises his voice and punctuates his fears with a PrecisionFStrike
* TheStoner: Tracy smells Marihuana on Wayne Cobb and while Karen notices the smell, she can't pinpoint it until Tracy tells her what it is
* TimeSkip: At the end of the episode we get a time skip forward to October 1973 and the landing of the first lunar base "Jamestown"

* TimeSkip: At the end of the episode we get a time skip forward to October 1973 and the landing of the first lunar base "Jamestown"

* TheStoner: Tracy smells Marihuana on Wayne Cobb and while Karen notices the smell, she can't pinpoint it until Tracy tells her what it is

* PlaguedByNightmares: Wayne opens up to Karen about his nightmare regarding Molly dying on the moon. Turns out Karen has had them too, since Ed was shot down in Korea (which must be well over ''a decade'' by now)

* PlaguedByNightmares: Wayne opens up to Karen about his nightmare regarding Molly dying on the moon.

* HilariousInHindsight: When Ed suggests changing the landing site it is ''Molly'' who is the one who voices objections. This is, to put it mildly, not her character later on

* ShellshockedVeteran: Clayton has seen some ''stuff'' in Vietnam. It affects him.

* RecurringDream: Unfortunately for Wayne, it is a particularly disturbing nightmare

* RecurringNightmare: Wayne opens up to Karen about his nightmare regarding Molly dying on the moon.

* MilitaryMaverick: Ed suggests changing the landing site. The other male astronaut immediately loves it (but then he'll be in the command module while the other two are on the surface of the moon) and eventually - with some prodding by Thomas Paine - the rest of NASA comes around to allowing it.

* HillariousInHindsight: When Ed suggests changing the landing site it is ''Molly'' who is the one who voices objections. This is, to put it mildly, not her character later on

* HillarousInHindsight: When Ed suggests changing the landing site it is ''Molly'' who is the one who voices objections. This is, to put it mildly, not her character later on

* HilarousInHindsight: When Ed suggests changing the landing site it is ''Molly'' who is the one who voices objections. This is, to put it mildly, not her character later on

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Apollo 15 lands on the moon making Molly Cobb the first American woman to land there. Due to a last second swap of landing site, they end up at Shackleton crater near the Lunar South Pole where they find ice allowing for the planned lunar base to go ahead.