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How does this compare with how nuclear weapons technology was being invented and safeguarded? AFAIK there was a lot of cooperation amongst everybody before they
by yingw787 7y ago
How does this compare with how nuclear weapons technology was being invented and safeguarded? AFAIK there was a lot of cooperation amongst everybody before they became practical, but after the initial breakthroughs happened the government quickly classified most of the research. I believe during postwar interrogations of Nazi nuclear scientists they mentioned how the drying up of research and publications in nuclear fission in the public arena meant somebody had broken through. Isn’t that all you really should be looking for, or does the government no longer trust Einstein letters?
- Merrill 7y agoIn the case of nuclear weapons, the knowledge of the science of how they work is not sufficient. The "industrial arts" of making fissionable material and then weapons are complex, expensive, and large scale. Just knowing the science doesn't mean that you are able to design, build, and operate the factories that are needed for production. On the other hand, any technology which depends only on fairly standard scientific instruments, readily available components and manufacturing techniques, and software is essentially uncontrollable.