Project Horizon
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- Project Horizon may also refer to the "Common New Generation" Horizon class frigate
Project Horizon was a study to determine the feasibility of the construction of a lunar base on the moon conducted in 1959. Some reasons cited were military and scientific advantages over other nations. Though promising, Horizon never progressed past the feasibilty stage in any official capacity.
In the documentary film Gaia Selene, author John C. Hemry states that an advantage of the Project Horizon military base would be invulnerability to a nuclear first strike. This advantage was obviated with the development of the nuclear naval submarine under Admiral Hyman Rickover and the Horizon never came to fruition.
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