Although Apple TV+’s hit series For All Mankind isn’t formally part of the Star Trek universe, the show does make several references to the venerable sci-fi franchise. The heroic astronaut Danielle Poole (Krys Marshall) is a self-proclaimed Trekkie, there’s an alternate history of Star Trek TV shows and movies unfolding in the show’s timeline, and co-creator Ronald D. Moore wrote and produced for The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine. On top of all of that, fans and pundits have pointed out that For All Mankind often feels like it's positing a (relatively) realistic path to a Star Trek future in a timeline only slightly different from our own.
