That Time the U.S. Tried to Build a Massive Military Base on the Moon

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🗓️ 5 May 2025

⏱️ 119 minutes

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During the Cold War, the U.S. government was hell-bent on one upping the commies in any way possible. In the process, they came up with a number of outlandish plans, such as that time they proposed literally nuking the moon, interestingly enough a project a young Carl Sagan worked on and broke some laws with. More on this later. While it’s probably for the best that that project didn’t ultimately get carried out, there is another that went into history's dustbin that would have been amazing if implemented- the U.S. Army's plan to build a massive military and research installation on the moon. This is the story of Project Horizon, along with a lot of other interesting related tidbits along the way, from what a nuclear explosion would look like on the moon and whether a nuke would actually be a terribly effective weapon in space, to the guns designed for astronauts, to the rather humorous first thing Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin did on the surface of the moon, to the dick pic that exists in the so-called first museum on the moon and the famous artist who drew it, to the fascinating story of the man who successfully sold the moon and apparently made a fortune in the process. This is going to be a good one. And to talk about all of this today, we’re trying something different by welcoming in our resident genius, engineer, author of the scripts for over 500 videos on TodayIFoundOut, and the owner of the phenomenal channel Our Own Devices, the Professor- Gilles Messier. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:34.3	During the Cold War, the U.S. government was hell-bent on one-upping the commies in any way possible.
0:39.9	In the process, they came up with a number of outlandish plans, such as that time they proposed literally nuking the moon.
0:46.6	Interestingly enough, a project a young Carl Sagan worked on and broke some laws with, or on this later,
0:52.3	well, it's probably for the best that that project
0:54.8	didn't ultimately get carried out, there is another that went into history's dustbin
0:59.4	that would have been amazing if implemented the U.S. Army's plan to build a massive military
1:05.2	and research installation on the moon. This is the story of Project Horizon, along with a lot of other interesting related
1:12.9	tidbits along the way, from what a nuclear explosion would look like on the moon and whether
1:17.4	a nuke would actually be a terribly effective weapon in space, to the guns designed for astronauts,
1:23.0	to the rather humorous first thing Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin did on the surface of the moon,
1:27.9	to the dick pick that exists in the so-called first museum on the moon, and the famous artist who drew it,
1:33.9	to the fascinating story of the man who successfully sold the moon, and apparently made a fortune in the process.
1:40.1	This is going to be a good one, and to talk about all of this today,
1:43.4	we're trying something different by welcoming in our
1:45.5	resident genius, engineer, author of the scripts for over 500 videos we have here, and also
1:51.0	on today I found out, and the owner of the phenomenal channel, our own devices, the Professor
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