Subject: RIP Edward Teller
From: "Vaughn"
Date: 9/13/03 9:32 AM Pacific Daylight Time
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Subject: RIP Edward Teller
From: "John Carrier"
Date: 9/13/03 4:42 AM Pacific Daylight Time

Teller wasn't one of the major players in the Manhattan project. I doubt
his presence in Germany would have materially effected a half-hearted
effort
to achieve the bomb. His

You doubt? Is that strong enough to risk it? What if you are wrong, which
you
must admit is a possibility. And if you are wrong, we would all be
speaking
echt deutch heute.

Playing "what if" with history is a game for idiots and for those with
lots of idle time on their hands, but even If Germany had had all of the
USA's nuclear scientists, they still did not have the industrial capacity to
pull off the job in a reasonable time. As it was, the USA barely managed to
field a couple of weapons before the war was over.

Vaughn




That's as good a guess as any. I am glad Teller came to our side.



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