Secret Tourism

I may have linked to this before. I ought to pick up the book. Might be interesting to swing through some of the spots on the way to more practical trip destinations. We fish Plum gut off of Plum Island.

And during summers I have always wanted to take the weekend tour of Brookhaven. One of those researchers has had some public donations save the day on an experiment he needs to pursue.

I believe they began the tours as a result of an accident, or accidents and a resulting p.r. necessity.

This is neat.

The first video game was invented there. It should be a mecca for the gaming community and praise be that it is not.

Update: I forgot to add the black hole Brookhaven is working on that would destroy us all.

Hmmmm... Video Games...

End of existence...

I'm cool with that.

In the book "Dark Sun" by Richard Rhodes there is an anecdote of physicists working out the possibilities and delivery methods of ever increasing magnitudes of weapons on a blackboard. That was a good book. So Teller and friends are chatting over some biggies. At the time bombers weren't necessarily able to carry the load of a hydrogen bomb so delivery was a big part of the initial conceptualization. By the time they had reached consideration of a weapon significant enough to destroy the planet they listed the delivery method as "backyard."

You wouldn't have to take that one anywhere, you could set it off at home.

Read the book a long time ago, it might be worth ferreting out that segment and typing it.