[meteorite-list] NP Article, 10-1958 Moon Meteorites, Nininger

From: S. Culver <dove_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:18:02 2004
Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.0.20031219172218.00a84d90_at_pop.northlink.com>

KOOL! Interesting note, can we do it without a nuc, and direct its impact
into an unpopulated area?



At 10:47 AM 12/19/03 -0600, MARK BOSTICK wrote:

>Paper: Herald Press
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>City: Saint Joseph, Michigan
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>Date: Thursday, October 30, 1958
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>By Rex Stanley
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>Written Especially for Central Press and This Newspaper
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>If an American or Russian space rocket hits the Moon with a nuclear
>warhead, the explosion will blast lose tons of lunar surface and send
>blazing bombardment of meteors against the Earth.
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>Some of these huge chunks of Moon rock will burn to nothing as the streak
>through our atmosphere. However, the biggest pieces may survive the long
>space drop and smash to Earth with the force of atom bombs. Terrible death
>and destruction could occur in populated areas.
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>The reasoning, based on known arguments being used by world-recognized
>scientists against any attempt to hit the Moon with an explosion.
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>Tremendous Danger
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>Men like Dr. H. H. Nininger, director of the American Meteorite museum in
>Arizona, flatly warn that "a lunar surface explosion can rip loose a great
>meteor "attack" against the Earth, unprecedented in history and
>tremendously dangerous."
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>According to Dr. Nininger, an explosive Moon shot could send down meteors
>seen larger thant he massive "shooting star" that struck Siberia in 1908
>and leveled everything for 30 miles. Or bigger than the 50,000-ton chunk
>that gouged an Arizona crater in prehistoric times - half a mile in
>diameter and 700 feet deep.
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>Most scientists agree that a nuclear blast on the Moon will tear out tons
>of lunar material. The light gravity field, only one-sixth that of the
>Eart, won't hold the debris to the Moon.
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>Foresee "Avalanche"
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>An "avalanche" of rock, soild and dust will be blown into space at
>untra-sonic speeds, caught by the Earth's gravitational field, then
>litterally hurled through our atmosphere toward the ground.
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>The interval between the actual lunar explosion and the Earth bombardment
>- separated by 233,000 miles - might be several days time.
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>"No matter how important to our prestige a 'Moon shot' may be," warns Dr.
>Nininger, "proving it with an impact and nuclear explosion could bring
>disaster against which have no defense."
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>Please visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.com, a free on-line archive of meteor
>and meteorite articles.
Received on Fri 19 Dec 2003 08:28:43 PM PST