I’ve been watching For all Mankind as of late and aside from the sci-fi premise, it’s the alternate path that’s that we could go down that makes it truly interesting. Who knows what could have or would have been, but the alternate path, the other way things could go is a treat to watch.
There has never been one path to accomplish a goal, there are always many paths and it doesn’t hurt to take a look at the alternate ones when stuck on your current one.