National Atomic Museum

Didn't have to put the date on this one because the post date is the same date I'm talking about. Unfortnately we didn't get to go to Tinker Town, it doesn't open until April first. Went to the National Atomic Museum in Albuquerque. Saw a movie on the Manhattan Project. I've seen other programs about it on TV, but this one was really good with a lot of original pictures. Another thing that was great is that one of the guides was a PHD that had worked on the project.

Peg and me at the entrance to the museum.

Big Boy the plutonium atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima August 6, 1945. At least this bomb had been tested before they dropped it on Hiroshima. It was tested at the Missile Range in White Sands, which is the site you can visit only once a year.

This is Little Boy the U-235 atomic bomb that they dropped on Nagasaki. This bomb was dropped with out ever being tested. They couldn't test it because they used all the U-235 Oak Ridge had produce up to that time to produce this bomb, so they didn't have any for a test. They were that sure that this would work. Fortunately or Not, it did work.

It rained off and on today. Desert?