I wonder what the world would look like if the Chernobyl disaster and the Challenger disaster didn't happen. I think both of those events, combined with years o

I wonder what the world would look like if the Chernobyl disaster and the Challenger disaster didn't happen. I think both of those events, combined with years of rhetoric, were a turning point in 1986 which really damaged the idea that governments were capable of solving problems and pushing society forward. We didn't give up after the Apollo 1 fire. We did give up after the Challenger disaster and Chernobyl.