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"Just for fun?" They were trying to figure out whether they could detonate nukes in space to blow up incoming ICBMs, which were a real and growing threat in 196
by fennecfoxen 11y ago
"Just for fun?" They were trying to figure out whether they could detonate nukes in space to blow up incoming ICBMs, which were a real and growing threat in 1962 (unlike anything to do with the Moon).
- username223 11y agoThe "fun" part was a flippant attempt to point out that the US had, at enormous risk and cost, and with previous mistakes, launched an H-bomb into space over 50 years ago. The ICBM part is new to me -- any further info?
- diskcat 11y agothe moon has more gravitational potential energy in it than all the nukes on earth times one million