whats an interesting fact about the manhattan project?
2007-02-15 13:10:48 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
There was a lot that the scientists and engineers did not know and could only predict with a small degree of confidence.
The first reactor was built under the football stadium at the University of Chicago. The people who designed and operated it were not sure whether it might blow up and take half of Chicago with it.
When the first atomic bomb was detonated at Alamogordo, NM there were some scientists who predicted that it might cause all of the oxygen in the atmosphere to ignite destroying all life on earth.
The effects of radiation from the atomic detonations were not known. The short and long term effects on the survivors of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were a surprise to the scientists and weapons developers.
2007-02-15 15:01:47 · answer #1 · answered by amused_from_afar 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on what you find interesting, it was the project that created the atom bomb (I assume you already knew this)
2007-02-15 13:18:11 · answer #2 · answered by Mike J 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That the project was such a secure secret.
2007-02-15 13:18:59 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What are they putting on the roof over at M.I.T.? Secret ya.
2007-02-15 13:32:16 · answer #4 · answered by sean e 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That there were no more bombs to drop after Nagasaki.
2007-02-15 14:42:02 · answer #5 · answered by iansand 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋