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CNN: U.S. had plans to nuke moon — Hiroshima-sized bomb considered — Carl Sagan worked on project (VIDEO)

Published: November 29th, 2012 at 2:52 pm ET
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Title: U.S. had plans to nuke the moon
Source: CNN
Author: Brian Todd and Dugald McConnell
Date: November 28th, 2012

U.S. had plans to nuke the moon

[...] It was a top-secret plan, developed by the U.S. Air Force, to look at the possibility of detonating a nuclear device on the moon. [...]

[Physicist Leonard Reiffel, who led the project], now 85, spoke to CNN at his home in Chicago. [...]

The military considerations were frightening. The report said a nuclear detonation on the moon could yield information “…concerning the capability of nuclear weapons for space warfare.” Reiffel said that in military circles at the time, there was “discussion of the moon as military high ground.”

[...] Various news reports since 1958 have said project leaders considered using an atom bomb the same size as “Little Boy,” the bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, near the end of World War II. [...]

Reiffel had some brilliant minds on his team. One of them was an up-and-coming graduate student named Carl Sagan. [...]

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Published: November 29th, 2012 at 2:52 pm ET
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