From: Ray Peck (rpeck@PureAtria.COM)
Date: Thu Sep 19 1996 - 16:13:49 MDT
>Didn't the Manhattan project adopt a similar attitude? I seem to remember
>reading that they calculated the probability of the first nuclear explosion
>causing a chain reaction which would destroy the entire atmosphere. The
>result was non-negligible, but they went ahead anyway. (Of course, the story
>I read could have found exaggeration through the ethics of its writer.)
>
>Sarah
I think this is mentioned in Rhodes' book.
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