Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) “The largest nuclear bomb in outer space exploded 64 yrs ago today. Starfish Prim” — TopicDigg
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The largest nuclear bomb in outer space exploded 64 yrs ago today.
Starfish Prime was a 1.4 megaton thermonuclear warhead, detonated at the altitude the Space Station now orbits. It created man-made radiation belts that wrecked many satellites & lasted 5+ years.
A year after the test the USA & USSR signed the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, leading to the global 1967 Outer Space Treaty.
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