Mars and Island One

--- In spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com, "Karell Ste-Marie"
wrote:

> I can't agree with that statement about a single nuke not being
> able to destroy the moon, there are too many factors that play
> into the equation. Of course if you hurl a nuke at the surface you
> are only going to have a big new crater on the surface. *but* if
> you drill down into the center of the moon send the nuke down
> there and seal up the hole then you are going to be in for a
> surprise.

You won't be in for a big surprise for the very fact that you're
still alive and breathing. Almost all nuclear testing in the last
decades preceding the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty occured underground.
There are very interesting videos of the explosive effects as the
come to the surface. If simply detonating a buried H-Bomb was a
planet-busting event, we'd have all been history a long time ago.

A nuclear explosion is localized. We don't have planet buster bombs
yet. I think you're not fully grasping the scale of the moon.

TangoMan