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If you're in Las Vegas, the National Atomic Testing Museum is very worth a visit. The last time I was there they had a traveling exhibit of Soviet nuclear propaganda that was fascinating, and there's a lot of info on Trinity and other testing sites. I found the quality of the exhibits to be very high.



One of my favorite museums! It's small, but super well done -- and has a gift shop filled with neat little stuff (like the Fatman + Little boy earrings I bought for my girlfriend (which I thought were way cooler than she did...))

I generally avoid Vegas like the plague, but if I ever go back, that's on the top of the list to visit again.


Fatman earrings? Is she still your girlfriend?


"Fat Man" was the code name for the nuke that was dropped on Nagasaki.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat_Man

"Little Boy" was the code name of the nuke dropped on Hiroshima

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Boy


I'm going to check that out this week.. thx!


Don't miss the hilarious animated video about the friendly atom! There's also a local test site.




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