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Re:The US Air Force's plan to detonate a nuclear bomb on the... by fennecfoxen on Sunday February 28, 2016 @11:18PM (#11193553)
"Just for fun?" They were trying to figure out whether they could detonate nukes in space to blow up incoming ICBMs, which were a real and growing threat in 1962 (unlike anything to do with the Moon).
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Re:The US Air Force's plan to detonate a nuclear bomb on the... by username223 on Sunday February 28, 2016 @11:31PM (#11193590)
The "fun" part was a flippant attempt to point out that the US had, at enormous risk and cost, and with previous mistakes, launched an H-bomb into space over 50 years ago. The ICBM part is new to me -- any further info?
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Re:The US Air Force's plan to detonate a nuclear bomb on the... by diskcat on Monday February 29, 2016 @02:47AM (#11194140)
the moon has more gravitational potential energy in it than all the nukes on earth times one million
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