There was a great Bad Astronomy post a few years back on the 50th anniversary of Starfish Prime: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/07/09/the-

There was a great Bad Astronomy post a few years back on the 50th anniversary of Starfish Prime: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/07/09/the-50th-anniversary-of-starfish-prime-the-nuke-that-shook-the-world/ http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/07/09/th...