Comments by "Big Blue" (@bigblue6917) on "Nuking the moon - The Secret USAF Project A119" video.

  1. I knew about the idea to use a nuclear weapon on the moon for seismic research. Apparently some piece of a rocket, or something, crashed into the moon and it was suggested that the moon may be hollow. Personally I think that person and been smoking something exotic while watching the film First Men on the Moon, based on the story by HG Wells
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  2. Back in the 80s there were senior generals in the US who thought nuclear war with the Soviet Union was winnable. This despite one third of the US population would die. They thought it was a sacrifice worth making. And yes some senior Soviets had people with the same thoughts.
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  3. Probably.
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  4.  @PHeMoX  Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I had forgotten that the seismic equipment did not turn up until later. Makes me think that the idea had reemerged after Apollo 12. I seem to remember it was someone, or some group, in the USAF who wanted to do it. Which makes me think it was someone who was from the 1969 project, or possibly from the earlier one. Remembering the precautions taken for the Apollo 11 on their return you can imagine what would happen if they had used a nuclear weapon on the moon. I feel that no astronaut would want to go up there knowing that all that nuclear contamination was there.
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