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Old 11-27-2012, 04:27 AM  
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JohnnyClips... inside... right effin' now! (USA planned to blow up the moon!)

It's orgasm time.

Report: U.S. Planned On Blowing Up Moon With Nuke During Cold War In 1950s

WASHINGTON (CBSDC/AP) ? Would Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin even had a moon to walk on if the United States had its way in the 1950s?

During the height of the Cold War, U.S. officials debated whether to detonate nuclear bomb on the moon in order to send a message to the Soviet Union, the Asian News International reports.

The secret project dubbed, ?A Study of Lunar Research Flights? and nicknamed ?Project A119,? was seriously being considered until it was scrapped because military officials were worried it would hurt the people on Earth.

Read the rest here... http://washington.cbslocal.com/2012/...-war-in-1950s/

This should keep you busy for an hour or two.
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