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Re:In the summer of 1962, the U.S. blew up a hydrogen bomb i... by pcunite on Friday June 30, 2017 @02:09PM (#14672580)
the most pressing argument for a military experiment was, "if we don't do it, the Russians will." And, indeed, the Russians did test atomic bombs and hydrogen bombs in space

Competition has a way of getting out of hand, no?

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Re:In the summer of 1962, the U.S. blew up a hydrogen bomb i... by marcosdumay on Friday June 30, 2017 @02:28PM (#14672735)
I'm sure the possibility of a bomb there blinding missile detectors was pressing enough to do the tests even if there wasn't any competition spirit.

And Van Allen was quite possibly thrilled about the possibility of measuring his discover, from strength and shape to stability. (Good thing it is stable, otherwise people would keep probing it.)

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