The Moon was Pummeled Even Harder by Asteroids Than it Looks
The US Air Force considered detonating a nuke on the moon to one-up the Soviets in the late 1950s. Called Project A119, it was concluded there would be no typical mushroom cloud, but the flash would be visible from Earth. The idea was abandoned, in part, because "world opinion [would be] negative.”
NASA to reveal moon landing site for ice-lunar rover today. Here's how to follow it live.
