70th Anniversary of Trinity Test: Reflecting On the Bomb

Lasrick writes: It's the 70th Anniversary of the Trinity atomic bomb test, and Dan Drollette pulls together a series of reflections, over time, by the scientists who were there. The Bulletin reports: "In the middle of May, on two separate nights in one week, the Air Force mistook the Trinity base for their illuminated [training] target. One bomb fell on the barracks building which housed the carpentry shop, another hit the stables, and a small fire started." Other reflections show how perceptions changed over the years. A fascinating history of the beginning of the nuclear age.

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Richard Feynman said something I can't forget

[Bathroom Humor]

That every man has the keys to heaven, and those same keys open hell. Paraphrasing, hope I didn't butcher it.
It applies very easily to science as well. The Nuclear age, and the science that sprung from it, is very controversial because of it's great destructive power. But on the flipside, an incredible potential for building and powering the human species. Same goes for all kinds of science, but I'm glad we keep pushing it forward.

Re:Richard Feynman said something I can't forget

[cold fjord]

I do, however, fault those that chose to stay after the war and continue working on nukes.

I'm sure you do since you probably would never expect to be among the 100,000,000 people killed by Communist governments and don't appreciate the need and costs to defend a free society. After all, Stalin was going to stop all weapons research after he got the bomb, right?

The Soviet Story

You should look into what happened to "the old Bolsheviks" sometime. Left politics wasn't any protection.