Re: Another goody from "Modern Mechanix"



scottlowther@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
On Jan 29, 3:18 am, Pat Flannery <flan...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Homes on the Moon, circa 1962:http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/01/28/blast-a-home-in-the-moon/

Pat

The article leaves out the little detail that the main charge would be
*nuclear.*

They looked into using a subsurface nuclear blast to break up rock strata for natural gas production also.
The blast was supposed to create a subsurface cavity that the gas would seep into, and from there be pumped up to the surface.

Pat
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