Obvious post alert, BTW I was clear about the years involved and the year of donger's grandpa passing and how the possibility remained. The dongmeister seemed to insinuate that his grandpa couldn't be involved with trinity because he died in 1967. Not me. Don't jump on someone just to jump on them.

I like donger, I asked a legitimate question, he played coy, I was never intenting to make him or anyone else upset over this.


peace to all.....

Yes, he was brilliant. He was also a prick and a prima donna of gargantuan proportions.

the thread in itself isn't, that it is ranked the fifth largest resource on google for your lat/long number is what I thought humorous and interesting.

1. 33.675° n 106.475° w

33° 40′ 30′′ N 106° 28′ 30′′ W. WGS84. Degrees, minutes latitude and longitude: 33° 40.5′ N 106° 28.5′ W. WGS84. Decimal degrees latitude and longitude: 33.675° -106. ...
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... on July 16, 1945 at 33.675° N 106.475° W, thirty miles (48 km) southeast of ... the Jornada del Muerto in the southwestern United States (33.675° N 106.475° W) ...
Quick Links: History - Development - Test planning
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... on July 16, 1945 at 33.675° N 106.475° W, thirty miles (48 km) southeast of ... the Jornada del Muerto in the southwestern United States (33.675° N 106.475° W) ...
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APRS Stations Near 33.675 -106.475 (last 240 hours) findU ... 33.77350 -107.85667. 83.1. W. 00:00:01:10. K5MJE-2. 35.05783 -106.58733. 83.2. N. 00:00:05:27 ...
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Location: 33.675° N 106.475° W. Attempting to land at Kennedy. Just finished the de-orbit burn. ... Location: 33.675° N 106.475° W. 16,500 MPH, 360,000 feet. ...
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Location: 33.675° N 106.475° W ... Location: 33.675° N 106.475° W. Quote: Originally Posted by Laz. but we are talking "PROFIT" here ...
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January 26, 2007 (1403) May be packing up the gear to go back to KL7 land. ... through the moment of Trinity (33.675° N 106.475° W) "If the radiance of a ...
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Mexico at 33 deg. 40' 31" North latitude, 106 deg. 28' 29" West longitude (33.675 deg. N, 106.475 deg W). The device was called Gadget, the whole test ...
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... (Journey of Death) at the Alamagordo Bombing Range in New Mexico at 33 deg. 40' 31" North latitude, 106 deg. 28' 29" West longitude (33.675 deg. N, 106.475 deg W) ...
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... (Journey of Death) at the Alamagordo Bombing Range in New Mexico at 33 deg. 40' 31" North latitude, 106 deg. 28' 29" West longitude (33.675 deg. N, 106.475 deg W) ...www.milnet.com/nukeweap/Nfaq8.html - 82k - Cached - More from this site

If you've read the Pulitzer winning biography on him, what's your take on it?

I've not read it. Honestly, I wasn't even aware of it.

A common theme with creative genius'.

I think he was more of a destructive genius.

Touche`, a more appropriate moniker.

Of course, I'm just kidding. Oppenheimer wasn't my grandfather. I just studied the project with some focus in my youth and I have some professional interest in the overall field now.

DAMNIT DONGER! :cuss:

I spent a great deal of time when I lived in Columbia SC traveling to Charleston to do some of my own research on the Civil War. While I see that you visited Fort Sumter, did you stop at Fort Moultrie also? I was actually there when they raised the Hunley.

It's interesting to read about the Civil War from both sides point of view. And even more interesting is the civility in which communications were addressed between the Generals of the Confederate and Union armies, while reading of the brutality of the fighting between those 2 sides.

mmaddog
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I think that bothered Oppie more than anything. No one knew for sure what would happen. Hell, Fermi was taking bets that they would set fire to the atmosphere before the Trinity Test. In jest, perhaps, but still.

I kinda had my doubts considering you've said your mother is Brit & father a Scot.