Project Horizon: The U.S. Army’s 1959 Plan for a Military Outpost on the Moon

Project Horizon was a top-secret U.S. Army study conducted in the late 1950s that explored the possibility of establishing a permanent military outpost on the surface of the moon. The ambitious plan aimed to establish a lunar base by 1966, complete with living quarters, laboratories, and defensive capabilities. This Moon base would have been under the control of the United States military rather than a civilian agency like NASA. In this video, we delve into the fascinating history of Project Horizon and examine the details of this visionary plan for the first human settlement on the moon.

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Project Horizon Documents: https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB479/

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