My favorite what-if version of this is that Big Bird was almost on the Challenger. https://www.history.com/news/big-bird-challenger-disaster-nasa-sesame-street

My favorite what-if version of this is that Big Bird was almost on the Challenger. https://www.history.com/news/big-bird-challenger-disaster-nasa-sesame-street https://www.history.com/news/big-bird-challenger-disaster-na... Quite frankly, I don't know if NASA would still exist if they managed to off one of the most popular children's show characters around.