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Was anyone else surprised to learn that the US tested a nuclear explosion (Argus III) at a distance comparable to somewhere between the International Space Stat
by rashkov 11y ago
Was anyone else surprised to learn that the US tested a nuclear explosion (Argus III) at a distance comparable to somewhere between the International Space Station and the Hubble Telescope?
- em3rgent0rdr 11y agoI was! Seems a bit irresponsible.
- coldpie 11y agoSon, lemme tell you about what we did in the 40s and 50s. You are in for some wild surprises. We took two halves of a supercritical core and held them separate with a screwdriver while wearing bluejeans and cowboy hats. Why? Because we could, dammit. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demon_core https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demon_core
- vollmond 11y agoI had no idea there had been any nuclear explosions above the 100km line, let alone above ISS's orbit. How did I not know that?