@LanceJZ @Cadbury_Moose @archaeohistories This is what people think of when they think of the Apollo "capsule". It has a big main thruster in the tail, and lots of thruster clusters all over the place.

That's the reason why the artists modifying the cement mixer tank felt the need to add thrusters. It didn't look right without them, because the overall shape looks like a capsule plus its service module.

@Cadbury_Moose @LanceJZ @archaeohistories While this is true of the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo capsules (including the Apollo service module), a reusable capsule could enter nose first rather than tail first.

Nuclear missile reentry heat shields are blunt cones entering nose first.

That said, Dragon does do tail first reentry, placing the thrusters on the sides rather than the tail. I just think it "looks" wrong.

@LanceJZ @archaeohistories They added fake thrusters to it.

@archaeohistories Honestly, this is what a space capsule should look like.

@cyberlyra Interesting.

However, it's worth remembering that the eastern half of the Roman Empire continued just fine.

This so called Pax Americana is really a ~35 year period dominated by an alliance of the USA, Europe/Commonwealth, and Japan/South Korea/Taiwan etc.

The fall of the USA still leaves Europe to continue just fine (so far). We'll see about east Asia, but most of these countries are VERY anti-eager to submit to China.