From: Vladimir Vassilevsky on


robert bristow-johnson wrote:

> On Feb 24, 11:47 am, Vladimir Vassilevsky <nos...(a)nowhere.com> wrote:
>
>>Magnetic wrote:
>>
>>>Tomorrow they are ready to start the LHC collider. The Earth can be
>>>exploded in a 1000 seconds!
>>>Are you happy?
>>
>>>Best regards, Ivan Gorelik.
>>
>>It became known that the End of the World happens in 3 days.
>>
>>In Vatican, they all are praying.
>>In USA, they all went to Las Vegas.
>>In USSR, they are trying to accomplish government 5-year plan in 3 days.
>
>
> i dunno if you guys remember this, but i remember reading that on the
> evening of the Trinity test blast in New Mexico in 1945, they didn't
> know for sure if the nuclear chain reaction would stop when the
> uranium ran out. Enrico Fermi was taking bets about whether or not
> the entire atmosphere would light up in a nuclear reaction. i s'pose
> it was a little tongue-in-cheek.

AFAIR the possibility of igniting nuclear reactions in the atmosphere
and in the ground seemed to be a real concern, and they seriously
considered that in the course of the project. It was shown to be impossible.


Vladimir Vassilevsky
DSP and Mixed Signal Design Consultant
http://www.abvolt.com