The USA’s ambition to land people on the Moon was a technological triumph with clear political motivations. It was part of a wider ‘Space race’ with the Soviets, and previously understood to operate on peaceful grounds with “being first” the measure of supremacy. The recent Gudgenby Mission has unearthed evidence of an alternate narrative. This object is likely to be a munition intended for non-peaceful purposes. This disappointing find discovered during the Gudgenauts’ Moon walk, shows that stories of war and conflict in space may not be a thing of fiction?