In 1044, the Chinese invented gunpowder. And we’ve been getting into trouble ever since. Fireworks are cool, nuclear warfare is not.
And nuking the Moon? Doesn’t that sound just plain crazy? What would happen? Would we even see the blast? How would we be affected by the fallout? Would we even survive?
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