JF Ptak Science Books Quick Post
Part of the series on the History of Atomic and Nuclear Weapons
I am certain that in all of the posts I’ve made in this blog that I’ve never considered atomic explosion tourism–vintage, semi-antique, see it-while-it-happened tourism. I’m not talking about going out to the Jounada del Muerto to see Trinity, or taking a bus to Chernobyl, or checking out the sites ad the corner of Trinity and Oppenheimer, as we would now–but witnessing an actual explosion, then. And there were plenty of opportunities to witness one, especially if you were in Vegas,and more so if you took the trouble to disrupt your activities to search for the mushroom cloud rising 5 miles away.
And in the case of the leaflet below, you could take a bus for three bucks and have a clearer view of the detonation.
Just be sure to remember your tie.
[Source: Nevada Public radio, KPNR–see here for a few more examples.]