1 Season
8 Episode
The Vintage Space - Season 1 Episode 8 When a Nuke Nearly Killed the Moon Landing
To travel to the moon Apollo astronauts had to pass through the Van Allen radiation belts. NASA scientists eventually concluded that radiation exposure would be minimal with the shielding on the command module. Still, a proposal to purge the radiation with a nuclear explosion was considered. But the 1964 Starfish Prime atmospheric nuclear test actually enriched the radiation in the Van Allen belts.
- Year: 2022
- Country: Canada, United States of America
- Genre: Documentary
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- Keyword: moon, nasa, space, apollo
- Director: Amy Shira Teitel
- Cast: Amy Shira Teitel