Leonard Reiffel, Who Studied Potential of a Lunar Nuclear Bomb, Dies at 89 Dr. Reiffel revealed that the Air Force had been interested in staging a surprise explosion on or near the moon, and that its goal was propaganda. Share: Facebook Twitter Google+ Stumble Digg Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to Facebook Related Posts:Global Health: Yellow Fever Epidemic in Africa Shows Gaps in Vaccine PipelineJapan Is Obsessed With Climate Change. Young People Don’t Get It.Pakistan Honors Nobel-Laureate Physicist of Ahmadi MinorityTrilobites: Secrets of the Orchid MantisQ&A: Achoo! What’s That About?Photographing Care: ‘Into Oblivion’ Uses Photography to Examine Lives of Dementia Patients