FACT OF THE DAY

September 8 2023


In the 1950's the USA considered detonating a nuclear bomb on the Moon. It was at the heights of the cold war and was known as "A Study of Lunar Research Flights" or "Project A119" and it was meant to show their strength when they were falling a bit behind in the big space race.


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