[ntp:hackers] Atoms for peace

Poul-Henning Kamp phk at phk.freebsd.dk
Sat Dec 11 13:31:07 PST 2004


In message <41BB6430.8090704 at udel.edu>, "David L. Mills" writes:
>Guys,
>
>Betcha don't know the association of the subject. It was an Eisenhower 
>program designed to spread nuclear technology for peaceful purposes. 

I do: "If your mountain is in the wrong place, just drop us a card" ?

Yes, Teller was indeed a madman and it is a good thing that he didn't
manage reinvent geography with his "Plowshare" program.

There's a good article about it here:

	http://www.thebulletin.org/pdf/temp/045_010_021.pdf

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