Manhattan Conspiracy

The bomb reached new heights by a mushroom cloud that was 41,000 feet high and shock-waves from the bomb were felt from at least 10,000 feet away from the test site. After the testing, and succession of this first atomic weapon, the world was changed forever on its ways of battle. After Harvard, Oppenheimer went to Cambridge University to get a degree in Subatomic Physics. When Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese, Roosevelt entered the war and sent significant funds to the construction of the atomic weapon. 5 To make this explosion possible, a piece of uranium was fired at another piece of uranium to make the critical mass that was needed for an explosion. Truman was left in charge of the decisions involving the bomb. Another thing that now needed to be done with The Project, was what to do with the atomic bomb. 3 Security was tight on the Los Alamos site because there was fear that bomb secrets would be spread outside of the work place. Another choice was to use the bomb in a test on an unpopulated island to show the Japanese its capabilities for destruction. Small amounts of plutonium made a destructive force equal to 25,000 tons of TNT. By the time the atomic bomb was finished, the presidency had changed. Roosevelt and urged him to start an investment toward atomic research. Feyman's big duty on the Manhattan Project was to break big problems into smaller easier to do problems. 4 The Manhattan Project, also had to have facilities for the research and testing of the atomic bomb.