Trinity Site: 1945-1995.: A National Historic Landmark, White Sands Missile Range, New MexicoWhite Sands Missile Range (N.M.). Public Affairs Office
History
Trinity Site: 1945-1995.: A National Historic Landmark, White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico
White Sands Missile Range (N.M.). Public Affairs Office
Atomic bomb -- New Mexico -- Los Alamos -- Testing -- History; Manhattan Project (U.S.)
Between the beginning and the end of the test program, be it the Army
Tactical Missile System or newly designed automobiles, range employees
are involved in every operation connected with the customer and his
product. The range can and does provide everything from rat traps to
telephones, from equipment hoists and flight safety to microsecond
timing.
We shake, rattle and roll the product, roast it, freeze it, subject it
to nuclear radiation, dip it in salt water and roll it in the mud. We
test its paint, bend its frame and find out what effect its propulsion
material has on flora and fauna.
In the end, if it's a missile, we fire it, record its performance and
bring back the pieces for post mortem examination. All test data is
reduced and the customer receives a full report.
For more information on Trinity Site or White Sands Missile Range
contact:
Public Affairs Office (STEWS-PA)
White Sands Missile Range
White Sands Missile Range, N.M. 88002-5047
Reading List
The Day the Sun Rose Twice, by Ferenc Szasz, University of New Mexico
Press, 1984.
Manhattan: The Army and the Atomic Bomb, by Vincent Jones, Center of
Military History, U. S. Army.
Trinity, by Kenneth Bainbridge, Los Alamos publication (LA-6300-H).
The Making of the Atomic Bomb, by Richard Rhodes, Simon and Schuster,
1986.
Now It Can Be Told, by General Leslie Groves, Da Capo Press, 1975.
Day One, By Peter Wyden, Simon and Schuster, 1984.
City of Fire: Los Alamos and the Atomic Age, 1943-1945, by James
Kunetka, University of New Mexico Press, 1978.
Los Alamos 1943-1945: The Beginning of an Era, Los Alamos Publication
(LASL-79-78).
Day of Trinity, by Lansing Lamont, Atheneum.
Radiological Survey and Evaluation of the Fallout Area from the
Trinity Test: Chupadera Mesa and White Sands Missile Range, N. M., Los
Alamos publication (LA-10256-MS).
Life Magazine, August 20 and September 24, 1945.
Time Magazine, August 13 and 20, 1945.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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