[ClearCase_guy]

My father was out there and had the privilege of seeing Castle Bravo in 1954. I don’t know for sure if he saw Mike. Bravo was much bigger than expected. Oops. My father died of cancer, but it was many years later.

[basalt]

the video of shot “Bravo” is just stunning....looks like just pure fireball...geez.

[Ezekiel]

Thanks for your story. I hope your father lived a good and productive long life.

So many inadvertent unknowns in those days.

[Myrddin]

One of my co-workers, Mark Watson, had the privilege of growing up in a home where Edward Teller was a frequent dinner guest. Mark is a pretty bright guy. He has written many CS books. I'm staying current with his LISP book.

[Paleo Conservative]

The lithium deuteride dry bomb turned out to be much more efficient than predicted by computer models. There was no need to test either the deliverable liquid deuterium bomb nor the designed dry 10 megaton bomb. Considering the 5 megaton dry bomb actually delivered about 15 megatons, the nominal 10 megaton design could probably have delivered 30 maybe more.