'Oppenheimer' Leaves Out New Mexicans Exposed to Trinity's Radiation
The Manhattan Project displaced some New Mexicans, employed others, and probably irradiated thousands. None of that is in the Christopher Nolan film.
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The Manhattan Project displaced some New Mexicans, employed others, and probably irradiated thousands. None of that is in the Christopher Nolan film.
Kodak struck a secret deal with the US government to get advance notice before any nuclear testing because their film was sensitive to radiation.
J. Robert Oppenheimer's nightmarish visions in the film pale in comparison to the nuclear winter and mass famine Carl Sagan warned us about.
World War 2 was a dark moment for the United States, especially with its fixation on nuclear weapons.
Ironically, despite America’s Cold War fears of being nuked by the Soviet Union, the only government that ever nuked us (and nuked us quite a bit) was our own.