
The 1958 Declassified Cold War Plan to Detonate a Nuclear Bomb on the Moon: Project A119 and the Secret Role of Carl Sagan.
This documentary investigation explores the chilling reality of Project A119, a declassified Air Force study that planned to nuke the Moon's surface to create a mushroom cloud visible from Earth. I’ve researched the original 1959 reports to explain why the military hired a young Carl Sagan for the math, and the specific reasons this mission was eventually aborted. It’s a bizarre chapter of history where Cold War "flexing" almost led to the radioactive contamination of our Moon.
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