My favorite example of an underground nuclear explosion was project gasbuggy, near where I grew up. They thought it might be useful if they could perform nuclea

My favorite example of an underground nuclear explosion was project gasbuggy, near where I grew up. They thought it might be useful if they could perform nuclear fracking: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Gasbuggy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Gasbuggy Where they performed the test is a very beautiful area. Part of a larger project to actually perform nuclear terra-forming: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Plowshare http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Plowshare http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,899941,00.html http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,899941,... > Someone shouted: "We did it! We did it!" Hand shakes were exchanged all around. The U.S. had successfully set off the first nuclear explosion sponsored jointly by the Government and industry.