Greg sent this to me yesterday. I have read about Project Plowshare before, a good idea except for the radioactive leftovers you get from detonating nukes underground. I’m looking forward to reading this book.
Geography professor writes first in-depth account of scheme to engineer with atom bombs from PhysOrg.com
What would you think if someone told you that not so long ago, the U.S. government, led by gung-ho scientists, seriously considered exploding 300 or more atomic bombs to blast a sea-level canal in Panama? Or up to 764 in northern Colombia? […]