First eye surgery went well…..but enough about me……
75 years ago today….The Big Bang!
No not the number sitcom for a decade but rather the first A-bomb test.
It was 1 a.m. on July 16, 1945, when J. Robert Oppenheimer met with an Army lieutenant basic, Leslie Groves, in the parched panorama of Jornada del Muerto — Dead Man’s Journey — a distant desert in New Mexico.
A bunch of engineers and physicists was about to detonate an atomic gadget filled with 13 kilos of plutonium, a nuclear weapon that the authorities hoped would convey an finish to World War II.
Some scientists on the project worried that they had been about to mild the whole world on hearth, in line with researchers. Others frightened that the check can be “a complete dud.”
Mr. Oppenheimer, who was tasked with designing an atomic bomb for the Manhattan Project, had not slept.
At 5:29 a.m. native time, the gadget exploded with a power equivalent to 21,000 tons of TNT and set off a flash of mild that would have been visible from Mars, researchers stated.
It was the first nuclear check in historical past.
‘Now I Am Become Death’: The Legacy of the First Nuclear Bomb Test
Hopefully I can return to normal writing and reading…..
Until then……
I Read, I Write, You Know
“lego ergo scribo”
I wonder if anyone was on Mars to spot it at the time?
Best wishes, Pete.
Probably according to the Ancient Alien people. LOL chuq
I hope Ollie is doing better. chuq
He is getting agitated at night still, and I am now wondering if that is becoming a ‘habit’. During the day he seems to be fine, but I have cut his usual long walks down to one hour, just in case.
I hope he gets better…I know he enjoys his outings. chuq
I enjoyed a short friendship with Dr. Robert Moon. I believe he worked on the same project.