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May 17th, 2000 - Issue #237

MOON NUKE PLANS RELEASED

It's hard to believe, but in 1958 the U.S. Air Force requested a plan from scientists on the effects detonating a nuclear bomb on the moon - to symbolize American strength in light of recent Russian space advances. Fortunately, the plan was never carried out: our moon remains a nuclear free zone. And the US went on to develop other ways to demonstrate its capabilities in space.

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