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Well, he certainly advised them ON nuking it anyway. Joel Send a noteboard - 05/12/2012 10:50:32 PM
The part I read only says Sagan contributed to calculations regarding the effects on dust on the moon.

And it surely fits the "nuke Mars for terraforming" idea he pushed in the '80s. Personally I always thought that a Trojan horse for nuclear disarmament, but it was pretty wacky on any basis—yet it made the only sense I could find in this story featuring his name in a plan to nuke the moon.
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Carl Sagan Advised US Defense Department to Win the Space Race by Nuking the Moon Joel - 02/12/2012 05:04:40 PM 967 Views
Way to jump the shark, Carl. *NM* Stephen - 02/12/2012 06:48:30 PM 251 Views
Agreed Joel - 06/12/2012 12:17:16 AM 649 Views
Mars can retain Oxygen just fine, and this isn't exactly new Isaac - 03/12/2012 12:25:14 AM 616 Views
It does not seem to be doing a very good job of it; Mars' atmosphere is ~0.1% O2. Joel - 06/12/2012 12:16:16 AM 663 Views
There's a difference between retaining added and not having any Isaac - 06/12/2012 01:44:56 AM 613 Views
Not practically. Joel - 07/12/2012 02:27:02 AM 1262 Views
Yes, practically... I wouldn't mind you lecturing me on my own field if you got the stuff right Isaac - 07/12/2012 04:19:29 AM 666 Views
Am I missing something? Nate - 03/12/2012 08:18:25 PM 697 Views
Perhaps Sagans subsequent suggestion we nuke Mars to make it habitable. Joel - 05/12/2012 11:00:08 PM 685 Views
Re: Journalists Nate - 05/12/2012 11:27:10 PM 691 Views
I am crediting professional writers with too much writing skill? Joel - 06/12/2012 12:24:49 AM 684 Views
I agree with Nate, lots of Journalists are very lazy and the science writers tend to be the worst Isaac - 06/12/2012 01:55:16 AM 553 Views
Poor research is unprofessional journalism. Joel - 07/12/2012 02:31:53 AM 571 Views
I must have missed the part where Sagan advised them to nuke the moon to win. Narg - 04/12/2012 05:47:36 PM 598 Views
Well, he certainly advised them ON nuking it anyway. Joel - 05/12/2012 10:50:32 PM 647 Views
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