Why bomb the innocent Moon?
Are you aware the United States Air Force planned to detonate a bomb in the moon?
That's right. During the "Space Race" where US and USSR went head-to-head on who's going to achieve the first spaceflight capabilities, the US Air force came up with a plan on detonating a nuclear bomb on the Moon's surface in 1958. This may sound ridiculous but this kind of action at that time was needed since USSR took the lead when they successfully launched an artificial satellite known as "Sputnik 1".
But why "Space Race" is a big deal you may ask? Well, having something successfully brought to space is a show of power and advancement of technology. This would be a huge moral booster to the opposing forces during the Cold War.
Project A119
The bombing of the moon was known as "Project A119" and was kept as a secret for around 45 years up until in the year 2000 when a former executive of NASA, Leonard Reiffel revealed the project who also spearheaded the said project.
Why it never happened?
This project was cancelled since the people behind the plan feared that the public would not like that kind action.
In conclusion, we can all agree that this was the best case scenario. Who knows what would happen if this project was executed. He moon could have been bombed to dust or loose from it's orbit or whatever they call it. This could affect our sea water as the moon play a part on our tides. I am personally glad that this is just a part of the history book.
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