Fireball ‘bright as the moon’ lights up sky over western Japan
that's no moon, it's a starlight breaker
Quick addendum: we can probably send a nuclear weapon to the moon, though I doubt on any existing missile -- it would need to be mounted inside a Dragon capsule or atop some real space launch vehicle, just to get enough Delta-V to hit a lunar transfer orbit. Whether actually doing so would be a good idea is left as an exercise to the reader. But it turns out missile defense is much easier if you have 3 or 4 days to stop something. Also if it has an RUD on launch... NASA has done very few launches with nuclear power for a reason.
that's no moon, it's a starlight breaker
(08-15-2025, 06:20 AM)Labster Wrote: In 2017, no one can get the the moon without alien tech. Threats to independence aren't a problem until threats can actually get there.
Quick addendum: we can probably send a nuclear weapon to the moon, though I doubt on any existing missile -- it would need to be mounted inside a Dragon capsule or atop some real space launch vehicle, just to get enough Delta-V to hit a lunar transfer orbit. Whether actually doing so would be a good idea is left as an exercise to the reader. But it turns out missile defense is much easier if you have 3 or 4 days to stop something. Also if it has an RUD on launch... NASA has done very few launches with nuclear power for a reason.
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