@wellerstein Also, the context of this letter is about EOL trying to convince Groves to expand Y-12 — part of his attempt at empire building
70 years ago today (1/6/45): E.O. Lawrence suggests to Gen. Groves that they test a Little Boy bomb, just to be sure.pic.twitter.com/BrKJzbnKzN
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@wellerstein How much would this have delayed the drop of Little Boy 2? We know Fat Man 3 was nearly ready in Aug1945. -
@mrbeamjockey It depends on how much HEU he was talking about using, but probably a lot. They didn't get the full amount for LB until 7/45.
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