Comments by "M Simon" (@msimon6808) on "Oppenheimer's Gamble - The Plutonium Crisis" video.

  1. The detonators had to go off within about a microsecond of each other. That explains all the coax swarming around Fatman. Very impressive for 1945 tube technology.
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  2. I was a Naval Nuke. The heat transfer problems are intense. The cladding problems are intense. The radiation problems are intense. And I barely got a taste of that (enough to be an operator).
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  3.  @ddopson  I'm older than transistors. Growing up I heard of them but never had any experience with them until the CK722 came out. It had an ft (f sub t) of about 600KHz - Not good enough for a superhet AM radio. Good as an audio amp. A decade and a half later I was working at Raytheon Computer testing TTL chips. Designed the IO board that went into the world's first BBS. A heck of a ride.
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  4. He also learned "Game" from a Master. Before any but a few knew it was a thing.
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  5. At least a hundred thousand breakthroughs in a vast number of fields were required. A LOT of 100W soldering irons and lab techs.
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  6. And without engineers testing the math and forcing improvements.... Smart scientists get nothing.
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