The kind of thinking leading up to blowing up the moon is similar to the irrational thinking that humans, and not the Sun, are changing Earth’s climate.
It is true that Edward Teller, at the time the first A-Bomb was to be tested in southern New Mexico, believed the explosion might ignite the entire earth’s atmosphere — he went forward with the test anyway. It seems they don’t ask our consent in such matters. National Security, you know?