{"id":55614,"date":"2018-08-23T13:32:35","date_gmt":"2018-08-23T20:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/?p=55614"},"modified":"2018-08-23T13:34:08","modified_gmt":"2018-08-23T20:34:08","slug":"the-final-frontier-part-4-the-u-s-plan-to-nuke-the-moon-why-people-thought-the-moon-was-made-of-cheese-and-much-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2018\/08\/the-final-frontier-part-4-the-u-s-plan-to-nuke-the-moon-why-people-thought-the-moon-was-made-of-cheese-and-much-more\/","title":{"rendered":"The Final Frontier Part 4: The U.S. Plan to Nuke the Moon, Why People Thought the Moon was Made of Cheese and Much More"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pf-content\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/moon-nuking.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-28818\" src=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/moon-nuking-340x340.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"340\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/moon-nuking-340x340.jpg 340w, http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/moon-nuking-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/moon-nuking-640x640.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/moon-nuking-90x90.jpg 90w, http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/moon-nuking-75x75.jpg 75w, http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/moon-nuking.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><\/a>In this episode of The Brain Food Show, we begin by discussing the first space walk in which the cosmonaut in question very nearly got stuck out there and his adventures thereafter. We then move on to discussing how the idea that the moon is made of green cheese got started.<\/p>\n<p>Next up we discuss the late 1950s plan the United States had to nuke the moon, which interesting enough involved a young Carl Sagan.\u00a0 Failing in that endeavor we then look at that time the U.S. accidentally nuked Britain&#8217;s first satellite&#8230; That time the U.S. dropped four nuclear bombs on Spain accidentally, and then discuss the best thing that happened to Simon in the last year, which it turns out is not (apparently) getting married a couple weeks ago, but rather something else.<\/p>\n<p>Also for reference, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Voskhod.png\">here is a picture of the Russian spacecraft mentioned in the episode<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=2&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=2ahUKEwi-vvaNgoTdAhWzPH0KHQgBBrYQFjABegQIMRAB&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fopen.spotify.com%2Ftrack%2F0Jk6YQSN5oDZkXYuCWB4iU&amp;usg=AOvVaw03I91bTpVCH1aeC9u3baSH\">here is a link<\/a> to the Tom Kirby song.<\/p>\n<p>On another note, if you could do us a huge favor and rate and review this show in whatever podcasting platform you&#8217;re using (including hopefully giving us some feedback related to the new format), we would be extremely grateful. Thanks!<\/p>\n<p>(You can also discuss this episode and view references on <a href=\"https:\/\/forums.todayifoundout.com\/topic\/86-the-final-frontier-part-4\/\">The BrainFood Show forum here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t miss future episodes of this podcast, subscribe here: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-brainfoodshow\/id1350586459\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/36xpXQMPVXhWJzMoCHPJKd\" target=\"_blank\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/playmusic.app.goo.gl\/?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&#038;isi=691797987&#038;ius=googleplaymusic&#038;apn=com.google.android.music&#038;link=https:\/\/play.google.com\/music\/m\/Insimdi4g6puyyr4qbt6tup5b6m?t%3DThe_BrainFood_Show%26pcampaignid%3DMKT-na-all-co-pr-mu-pod-16\" target=\"_blank\">Google Play Music<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/s?fid=175012&#038;refid=stpr\" target=\"_blank\">Stitcher<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/feed\/brainfood\/\" target=\"_blank\">RSS\/XML<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>You can also find more episodes by going here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/category\/podcast\/brainfood-show\/\" target=\"_blank\">The BrainFood Show<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9441\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-55614-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/brainfoodshow\/p\/content.blubrry.com\/brainfoodshow\/Space_Part4.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/brainfoodshow\/p\/content.blubrry.com\/brainfoodshow\/Space_Part4.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/brainfoodshow\/p\/content.blubrry.com\/brainfoodshow\/Space_Part4.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\">Podcast (brainfood): <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/brainfoodshow\/p\/content.blubrry.com\/brainfoodshow\/Space_Part4.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/?powerpress_pinw=55614-brainfood');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/brainfoodshow\/s\/content.blubrry.com\/brainfoodshow\/Space_Part4.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Space_Part4.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 1:19:45 &#8212; 109.5MB) | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('55614-brainfood');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_55614-brainfood\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_55614-brainfood_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;30&quot; src=&quot;http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/?powerpress_embed=55614-brainfood&amp;amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\" onclick=\"javascript: this.select();\" onfocus=\"javascript: this.select();\" style=\"width: 70%;\" readOnly><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-brainfoodshow\/id1350586459?mt=2&amp;ls=1#episodeGuid=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.todayifoundout.com%2F%3Fp%3D55614\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribeonandroid.com\/feeds.megaphone.fm\/brainfood\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_android\" title=\"Subscribe on Android\" rel=\"nofollow\">Android<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vYnJhaW5mb29k\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_googleplay\" title=\"Subscribe on Google Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Google Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/s?fid=175012&amp;refid=stpr\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_stitcher\" title=\"Subscribe on Stitcher\" rel=\"nofollow\">Stitcher<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.megaphone.fm\/brainfood\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode of The Brain Food Show, we begin by discussing the first space walk in which the cosmonaut in question very nearly got stuck out there and his adventures thereafter. 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