‘For All Mankind’: Co-Creator Ronald D. Moore on Why the Apple Favorite Takes Its ‘Biggest Step’ in Season 3

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Hunter Ingram Spoiler Alert: Do not read if you haven’t watched “Polaris,” the season premiere of “For All Mankind,” now streaming on Apple TV+.The mission is Mars in the third season of Apple TV+’s “For All Mankind,” and if this week’s premiere left viewers gasping for air, co-creator Ronald D.

Moore warns it was only the beginning.“This is the biggest step so far in our story, and it is the one that has the biggest potential for major setbacks,” said Moore, who also serves as writer and executive producer. “The whole space program could be put into jeopardy if this doesn’t work.”Viewers already know astronauts make it to Mars in 1995, as glimpsed in the flashforward to the Red Planet at the end of Season 2.

Who gets there first, however, is the show’s mystery, as the United States again finds itself racing Russia into history. But before the mission lifts off, the third season premiere stuck a bit closer to home — or at least a few miles above it.The new season picks up in 1992, after the U.S.

and Russia have struck a lunar peace agreement on the moon. In the ensuing decade, a lot has happened, as shown in the show’s annual opening montage, including the reveal that Meg Ryan and Dennis Quaid starred in a biopic about the doomed love story of Gordo (Michael Dorman) and Tracey (Sarah Jones), who sacrificed their lives to avert nuclear disaster on the moon last season.But perhaps the most pressing news is that private corporations have started dabbling in space tourism, led by the launch of the Polaris Orbital Hotel.Co-founded by former Outpost owner and astronaut’s wife Karen Baldwin (Shantel VanSanten), Polaris is poised to become the next big vacation destination, where every room comes with a view.