Catastrophic Consequence Quotes
Carter, who had his own share of blunders, may well have been right about this. History will have to judge.
The original was in Latin and is sometimes translated as "Let justice be done though the Heavens fall." The statement appears on several courthouses throughout the U. S.
The Scientific Project that developed the Atomic Bomb. In the development of the atomic bomb there was a hypothetical possibility that the Earth as we know it might be destroyed. Robert Oppenheimer the scientist who directed the bomb development and his staff framed the question which Oppenheimer presented to Arthur Compton. The decision was that Oppenheimer’s team would calculate every possibility and make sure that such a catastrophe was not within the realm of possibility. They did all the calculations, concluded that there was no possibility, the bomb was exploded, and the question was then finally answered in the negative.
