00:00Have you always wondered, what was the strangest plan ever devised by the military?
00:05Well, hold on to your tinfoil hats, because for this one, we are heading back to 1958.
00:10The U.S. and Soviets were now locked in a cosmic battle of one-upsmanship.
00:15The Air Force needed a bold statement.
00:18And somewhere deep inside a smoke-filled room in the Pentagon, someone said,
00:22Gentlemen, I know, let's blow up the moon.
00:26Yeah.
00:27Houston, we have a problem.
00:28But in the end, cooler heads prevailed, and thankfully, the idea was scrapped.
00:34So, the next time you look up at the night sky and see the moon shining brightly,
00:39just remember, there was once a moment when the plan was less
00:42One small step for man
00:44and more
00:45One giant mushroom cloud for mankind to see.
00:55The Always Wondered Podcast
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