shmook Posted July 17, 2012 Report Share Posted July 17, 2012 Jesus... Link to post Share on other sites
Danke Posted July 17, 2012 Report Share Posted July 17, 2012 Business as usually for the 50s & 60s. Nice that the cameraman was not a volunteer. Should have gone to OCS I guess.. Link to post Share on other sites
FireKnife Posted July 18, 2012 Report Share Posted July 18, 2012 Considering people did test against the long term effects of radiation by putting people outside of the blast area but inside the projected fallout range, offering them a so called great view of an atomic explosion. But hey, got to test it somehow and back in those days you didn't have much just but just to catch people out and then claim it was for science. 'FireKnife' Link to post Share on other sites
Jagdraben Posted July 22, 2012 Report Share Posted July 22, 2012 Where do you think the idea for Aperture Science came from? Link to post Share on other sites
FireKnife Posted July 23, 2012 Report Share Posted July 23, 2012 'We do what we must becaue we can.' So, so true 'FireKnife' Link to post Share on other sites
shmook Posted July 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2012 Imagine what they thought when, in later life, they found out about the crispy skin and FLK reasons... Link to post Share on other sites
aznriptide859 Posted July 23, 2012 Report Share Posted July 23, 2012 There was an article on Gizmodo (and NPR) last week on this, I think all the men in that video are dead now - due to radiation poisoning though, is unknown (though most likely probable). http://gizmodo.com/5927261/these-five-men-volunteered-to-let-a-nuke-explode-over-them http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2012/07/16/156851175/five-men-agree-to-stand-directly-under-an-exploding-nuclear-bomb Link to post Share on other sites
shmook Posted July 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2012 Hmm, a 2 kiloton air burst only 2 miles above your head? Like you say, probably... Link to post Share on other sites
scorch Posted July 23, 2012 Report Share Posted July 23, 2012 Do you think that they felt their testicles cook as the EM wave hit? Link to post Share on other sites
shmook Posted July 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2012 To stand under that going off, their tezzas don't cook. They are too busy being made of brass, clanging against each other... Link to post Share on other sites
Jagdraben Posted July 25, 2012 Report Share Posted July 25, 2012 'We do what we must becaue we can.' So, so true Don't forget the next part: 'For the good of all of us '(Except the ones who are dead)' Link to post Share on other sites
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