Colin's Last Stand, Episode 17: Project Horizon - America's Cold War Moon Base (Almost) (Patreon)

Project Horizon: America's Cold War Moon Base (Almost) -- Colin's Last Stand (Episode 17)

In 1959, the American Department of Defense wrote more than 400 classified pages investigating whether it could build a fully functioning lunar base by 1966. This is the story of Project Horizon. Project Horizon's Declassified Reports: Part I: http://www.history.army.mil/faq/horizon/Horizon_V1.pdf Part II: http://www.history.army.mil/faq/horizon/Horizon_V2.pdf Colin's Last Stand is free of baked-in ads, product placement, and other obnoxious forms of advertising because of your support. Please consider subscribing to CLS' Patreon to show your support for independent historical and political content: http://www.patreon.com/colinslaststand Twitter: @notaxation Instagram: @clsmoriarty Facebook: /colinslaststand Reddit: /r/ColinsLastStand Still images in this video were acquired from the following sources, for which Colin's Last Stand is thankful: Den of Geeks, History.com, IGN, NASA, Wikimedia, and Wikipedia. Bibliography/Reading List: Explorer I Details: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/explorer/explorer-overview.html NASA Estabilshed: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nasa-established Project Horizon Has Been Declassified: http://nsarchive.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB479/#_ednref2 Sputnik I Details: https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_924.html Sputnik II Details: https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1957-002A The Manhattan Project Details: https://www.britannica.com/event/Manhattan-Project The Soviet Union's Lunar Plans: http://www.popularmechanics.com/space/moon-mars/a19405/ussr-1960s-lunar-base/ What Happened to Laika?: http://time.com/3546215/laika-1957/