[GOPJ]

All of the scientists were on board. I know this because my family was there. One of them was a 21 year old who was given sole responsibility for the design and computations for one component of the bomb. He would later work with Teller and Samuel Cohen on the hydrogen and neutron bombs respectively. In ‘48 it was he who informed Truman that the Soviets were weeks away from testing their bomb and stationing an observatory In Alaska was needed. Under Reagan he led the study advising going forward with the Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars) which forced the Soviets to compete financially eventually leading to bankrupting them. Revisionists are evil in the most Biblical sense.

What an amazing reply Hockey Pop... thanks so much to you and rlmorel for sharing history and insights with us.

[rlmorel]

Indeed...one of the things I love about Free Republic is that on nearly every subject, we can be well within that famous “Six Degrees of Separation”, and thus, be closer to an issue or history!

Thanks for sharing that with us, HockeyPop!