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I've read this site many times over the years, i've been fascinated by nukes since childhood. If you ever get a chance to visit the Nuclear Science and History
by chasd00 5y ago
I've read this site many times over the years, i've been fascinated by nukes since childhood. If you ever get a chance to visit the Nuclear Science and History museum in Albuquerque New Mexico jump on it.
On my visit I remember walking out across a hot dusty chalk rock yard to the back corner and being able to actually touch a B53 casing. There's something surreal about being alone in that back corner thinking about the physics, engineering, politics, and dread around what i have my hands physically on while looking out to the desert mountains in the distance.
EDIT: i remember as a child in 80s constantly rattling off nuke facts to my father. One night, i'll never forget, he just yelled "enough!" and i never spoke of it again. As a kid, i was fascinated and interested, as an adult he knew very well what was on the line during the Cold War.
- Jeema101 5y agoThe National Museum of the US Air Force in Dayton, OH also has a B53 casing at the entrance of their Cold War exhibit. I think the sign for it just says rather bluntly "B53 Thermonuclear Bomb", which I always found kind of funny in a dark Dr-Strangelove-esque kind of way. https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/195680/b53-thermonuclear-bomb/ https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact... Edit: The one right near the entrance is actually a B41. The B53 is somewhere else in the exhibit (apparently they have multiple H-bomb casings).
- TimMeade 5y agoI remember going to the USAF Museum in Dayton when i got out of the air force. One of the last things i worked on was the new AGM-129 cruise missile that we could "neither confirm nor deny" it existed. I went to the museum and they had one on display. Blew my mind as i thought the shape was classified.
- TimMeade 5y agoYears ago they had the B-53 and other bombs under the B-36 bay. But they have moved the plane since then.
- mallomarmeasle 5y agoThe National Atomic Testing Museum in Vegas is also highly entertaining and educational. https://nationalatomictestingmuseum.org/ https://nationalatomictestingmuseum.org/
- dreamcompiler 5y agoSedan Crater on the test site is also quite awesome, if/when the DOE ever starts doing public tours again.
- dreamcompiler 5y agoThe Bradbury Museum in Los Alamos (a 90-minute drive from Albuquerque) is also worth a visit. https://www.lanl.gov/museum/ https://www.lanl.gov/museum/