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Spitfire of ATJ

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27. The crater is still there on Google Earth....

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Mon Mar 2, 2015, 03:12 AM

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61 years ago today: Those Who Witnessed Castle Bravo Looked Into Armageddon [View all] Fumesucker Mar 2015 OP

Richard Rhodes' book describes this in vivid detail. longship Mar 2015 #1

"Command And Control" by Eric Schlosser - reading it now hatrack Mar 2015 #4

I read David Halberstam's book "The Fifties" not too long ago.. Fumesucker Mar 2015 #5

Teller - "The Richard Nixon of American science" hatrack Mar 2015 #6

Rhodes books are both history and science. longship Mar 2015 #9

Yeah, Teller didn't come across well in Halberstam's book either.. Fumesucker Mar 2015 #10

Well, I grew up in the fifties. longship Mar 2015 #13

Not many people have any idea where the term Peanut Gallery came from.. Fumesucker Mar 2015 #14

Good one, FS. longship Mar 2015 #15

You made me LOL with Phineas... Fumesucker Mar 2015 #21

Wait, what? Captain Kangaroo was Clarabell? hatrack Mar 2015 #32

Anyone remember, "Plunk your magic twanger, Froggy!" The Blue Flower Mar 2015 #16

And before Andy, there was Smilin' Ed. longship Mar 2015 #20

I was in Michigan at the time.... Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2015 #28

I wish I had a pencil thin mustache.. Fumesucker Mar 2015 #22

For a great book about Teller Bugenhagen Mar 2015 #19

Dark heavy undercurrents indeed Hekate Mar 2015 #30

Interesting story and interesting web site. pa28 Mar 2015 #2

How does "Oops!" read when plotted on a blackboard as an equation, one wonders . . . hatrack Mar 2015 #3

The equations are pretty damned good. longship Mar 2015 #7

K&R! TeamPooka Mar 2015 #8

Pure insanity. nt Mnemosyne Mar 2015 #11

Some pics. longship Mar 2015 #12

Bravo was a very memorable part of "Trinity and Beyond" narrated by William Shatner.... Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2015 #17

Holy crap. Hissyspit Mar 2015 #26

The crater is still there on Google Earth.... Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2015 #27

Rec for remembrance WheelWalker Mar 2015 #18

Here is a poem written by an Atomic Veteran . . FairWinds Mar 2015 #23

Thank you... Fumesucker Mar 2015 #24

Thank you Hekate Mar 2015 #29

And boredom did indeed cease from that moment.(NT) The Wizard Mar 2015 #25

And, at over 3 times the size, the Tsar Bomba from the Soviet Union, 1961 muriel_volestrangler Mar 2015 #31

For those wondering at the science for why it was double the expected size... jeff47 Mar 2015 #33

Been thinking about "the day after" lately phantom power Mar 2015 #34

Gojira! yuiyoshida Mar 2015 #35

History shows again and again.. Fumesucker Mar 2015 #37

Home of Sponge Bob. JEB Mar 2015 #36