Ever since the first rocket shot, man has fantasised about the strategic potential of space. Just after the launch of Sputnik, for instance, one analyst advised detonating an atom bomb on the Moon, purely for dramatic effect. Another starry-eyed strategist proposed crashing two rockets on to the lunar surface, one filled with blue powder, the other with red. That would make the Moon red, white and blue, just like the American flag. How cool is that?
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