However, such bombs might very well prove to be too heavy for transportation by air. The Manhattan Project eventually skyrocketed into a two billion dollar program that was always funded by the United States government. ... Seconds after the explosion came first the air blast pressing hard against the people, to be followed almost immediately by the strong, sustained awesome roar that warned of doomsday and made us feel we puny things were blasphemous to dare tamper with the forces heretofore reserved for the Almighty.2 It is amazing to note the speed of which the Americans first cr...

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