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The cost ($2bn in 1945 dollars) ends up being over $30bn in present-day terms, which isn't really in the reach of many private entities. Close to 1% of the tot
by caf 11y ago
The cost ($2bn in 1945 dollars) ends up being over $30bn in present-day terms, which isn't really in the reach of many private entities.
Close to 1% of the total US labor force ended up working for the Manhattan Project in the period up to August '45. It was pretty big.
- hga 11y agoThe US government also wasn't exactly paying market rates for what they bought during the war, and the Manhattan Project also had the highest priority call on materials, after the super-Mulberry we were building for the invasion of the Kanto plain in Honshu, the main island island in Japan and where Tokyo is located (look up Operation's Downfall (the general one) and Coronet for more details).