Geon
Donor
In the late 1950's the U.S. military had laid plans to detonate a thermonuclear warhead on the Moon. They hoped to measure its effects later either with manned or unmanned spacecraft. Here is a link to this entirely insane project.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/techn...w-up-the-moon/ar-BBTjMu1?li=BBnbcA1&ocid=iehp
Assuming they managed to succeed and given the technology of the time I think it likely they might have I have a few questions.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/techn...w-up-the-moon/ar-BBTjMu1?li=BBnbcA1&ocid=iehp
Assuming they managed to succeed and given the technology of the time I think it likely they might have I have a few questions.
- How big would the yield of the bomb have to be in order to be seen from the Earth? This was meant to be partially for propaganda purposes.
- What launch vehicle would they have used at that time to get the warhead to the Moon?
- How would the explosion have affected the Moon?
- Part of the Project involved a manned exploration of the site once the technology became available. Would the site be safe to visit by 1969 assuming the space race went as it did in OTL?
- What would have been the reaction to the explosion back here on Earth?