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The closing quote: "The legacy I'd like to leave behind is basically a set of benchmark data that can be used by future weapon physicists."
by mixermf 10y ago
The closing quote: "The legacy I'd like to leave behind is basically a set of benchmark data that can be used by future weapon physicists."
- kevando 10y agohahah I know, right! I have such mixed feelings about this. There's no changing our actions during the cold war, and we should certainly better understand what happened, but doing so to help future makers of nukes? Very unsettling to say the least.
- positr0n 10y agoI went to the museum at LANL a few months ago and in a lot of the videos the scientists and engineers expressed similar sentiments. They feel that the work they are doing is instrumental in the relative peace humanity has had since the end of WWII. I don't know a ton about that subject but it is hard for me to to disagree that without nukes and MAD the world would have a net increase in bloodshed. Relevant SMBC: http://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2010-04-15 http://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2010-04-15
- DashRattlesnake 10y ago> The closing quote: "The legacy I'd like to leave behind is basically a set of benchmark data that can be used by future weapon physicists." That's a misleading selective quotation: here's a fuller quote: > When asked why this project is so important to him, he voiced the dominant perspective among weapon scientists at LLNL: He doesn't want nuclear weapons to be used and passionately believes the key to ensuring they aren't is to making sure the U.S. stockpile continues to be an effective deterrent. > "We need to be able to validate our codes and trust that the answers that are being calculated are correct," Spriggs said. "The legacy that I'd like to leave behind is a set of benchmark data that can be used by future weapon physicists to make sure that our codes are correct so that the U.S. remains prepared."