6.01 Extra - Drunken History: The Manhattan Project

Unlike the people in The Dominators, we fired an atomic weapon and thought it was ace and made more of them. Come learn about the history of making big explodey.

Cover: After the surrender of Japan, and the disbandment of the project, each of the approximately 132,000 project members received one of these lapel pins.  The one shown here is Sterling silver, which indicated service beyond one year. ~ http://uv201.com/Misc_Pages/manhattan_project.htm