We set off a nuclear bomb in space to see what would happen. π . . . July 9, 1962: the US launched a 1.4-megaton warhead 250 miles up over Johnston Atoll. The blast lit an artificial aurora across the Pacific, fried satellites in orbit, and knocked out about 300 streetlights on Oahu, 900 miles away. They called it Starfish Prime.
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