Plot: The U.S. was planning to launch an atomic bomb, like Fat Man, pictured above, that would be launched into space in a scrapped plan to blow up the moon
Plot: The U.S. was planning to launch an atomic bomb, like Fat Man, pictured above, that would be launched into space in a scrapped plan to blow up the moon
Oy vey....
Hopefully the dark side where the Decepticons frolic.
Good God, what an idiot idea.
Misleading headline alert - the plan did not involve the complete destruction of the Moon. It was lunacy, though, no question about that.
okaaaaayyyyy
Actually a nuclear explosion on the moon does send a pretty clear message about who the king of the hill really is.
Psshaw, Russia would have responded by blowing up the sun.
That was the era of big thinkers. I would have favored this being done of the 4th of July, just to underscore the point.
Why nuke the moon? Because we can.
Someone’s been reading Frank J Fleming’s web site again.
Eisenhower administration gave up on the plan after realizing the explosion would have damaged the American flag planted there by Neil Armstrong, sources report.
“Daddy what is a moon?”
“It’s a planet that circulated around the earth before you were born, Jimmy!”
Eisenhower liked golf, and he encouraged the switch from nuking the moon, to playing golf on it.
It worked, less than a generation after the demonstration, the Soviet Empire collapsed.
The moon has been overrated for a long time. You can’t even write a song anymore rhyming the word ‘moon’!
In the spirit of turn around is fair play, it’s always reassuring to know that communists, who now control the military, have named American conservatives and US Vets, the post cold war enemy of the US. Would they nuke us? The commies are plotting civil war against the Tea Party at a military academy. I’m certain it’s nothing.
Nuking mecca would be better.
Somewhat related: Back in the 1950’s, Edward Teller wanted to built boat harbors on the remote Alaskan coast with nuclear bombs. They called it Project Chariot. He was quoted as saying, “If you have a mountain you need moved, give us a call.” Thankfully it did not happen.
Without the moon we wouldn’t have known the Moonies, Moon Zappa and Keith Moon.
Don’t give Obama any ideas. Anything to take the economy out of the news.
