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The smartest people on the planet wanted to nuke the moon; it was a great idea. It wouldn't make the classic mushroom cloud - it would be a spectacular sphere
by Jerrrry 2y ago
The smartest people on the planet wanted to nuke the moon; it was a great idea.
It wouldn't make the classic mushroom cloud - it would be a spectacular sphere of luminescence; and by far the most powerful display of power to had ever been accomplished by man.
In fact, von Neumann, citing his infamous Chaos Theory, wanted to preemptively strike the USSR.
It's the stuff we didn't do we don't want to come to light the most.
- ImPostingOnHN 2y agoIndeed, it was less than half a decade later that Operation Fishbowl [0] commenced, a series of high-altitude nuclear tests, and they were pretty awe-some displays. 0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Fishbowl https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Fishbowl