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The insane plan to nuke the Moon
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The insane plan to nuke the Moon
In the mid-20th century, if you tell a person that there was a plan to detonate a thermonuclear bomb on the surface of the moon; most would dismiss the claims as sheer conspiracy theory. However, project A119 was exactly that; a plan to detonate a bomb on the surface of the moon during the intensified space race of the late 1950s! The project remained a classified mission for nearly 42 years until it was made accessible to the general public in the year 2,000. The project brought together very talented scientists from America who had one aim: to see the US deploy a nuclear bomb and detonate it on the surface of the moon and establish America’s dominance in space.
The history of project A119 traces back to 1957 when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik. The world’s first artificial satellite! For America, this was bad news. If the Russians could launch a satellite into space then they could rain nuclear missiles on US soil. Sputnik 2 launched a month later even carrying a passenger Laika, the rocket dog. She proved that life could survive a trip into the space. This brought the US to high alert in the quest to …
So how exactly did the US plan to nuke the moon? Firstly, the US needed to bring together the best scientists it could find. One of them was Dr. Leonard Reiffel who worked in Armor Research Foundation to study the effects of nuclear explosions on the environment. The ARF team was tasked to investigate the effects of nuking the moon. The scientists involved in project A119 saw it as an avenue for scientific discovery while others saw it as a platform to showcase their patriotism to the US. According to declassified files, US Airforce assured the scientists that their ballistic missile could hit a target on moon’s surface with accuracy of within… The scientists originally planned to use a hydrogen bomb for the experiment, but the US Air Force rejected the idea due to the device's weight, which would be too massive to be propelled…
A rocket would carry W25 toward the dark side of the moon where it would detonate on impact. The dust cloud from explosion would be lit by the Sun from behind for maximum visibility from earth. They identified an area on the moon classified… The project was ultimately put aside by the Airforce fearing that in case of failed launch, the earth populace would be in danger. Another concern was nuclear fallout could result in the contamination of the moon’s… These repercussions could hinder any future moon landings and potential colonization. Additionally, the US could receive public backlash when they would learn about it. Most were likely to see the program as unnecessary interference with the moon’s natural state just to prove a point.
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