104: “Nuke the Moon”

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Interesting Things with JC #104: “Nuke the Moon” - In the 1950s, an unconventional strategy emerged in the space race against the Soviet Union: rather than landing astronauts on the Moon, some proposed detonating nuclear weapons on its surface, creating visible mushroom clouds visible globally.

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