Published on Jul 26, 2014
After the Soviets successfully
launched Sputnik I, the US devised a plan to raise Americans' morale
about the US' position in the space race. Called "A Study of Lunar
Research Flights," or Project A119, the plan was to nuke the moon in
order to create a massive explosion on the moon that would be visible to
people on Earth. Carl Sagan was even brought in to work on it. The
project was never put in to action, obviously, but make no mistake:
Project A119 is a great example of just how terrible our governments can
scheme. The Resident discusses.
