`` Project Horizon '' proposed a leap beyond the Soviets in the space race . The United States would send astronauts to orbit, and then land them on Mars or other planets with robotic probes that could explore for life. The military outpost was to have bulldozers , cabins , nuclear power plants .
`` Project Horizon '' proposed a leap beyond the Soviets in the space race . The U.S. Army said a military base on the moon was a `` requirement '' Military officials considered the detonation of a nuclear device near the moon . The military outpost was to have bulldozers , cabins , nuclear power plants .