It's been a long road. GROVES: I think one of the wisest things I ever did was when I selected the director of Los Alamos. - (cheering) - (car horns honking) TRUMAN: We have spent more than $2 billion on the greatest scientific gamble in history, and we have won. (cheering)
Oppenheimer
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It's too soon to...
Oppenheimer
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Yeah.
Oppenheimer
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Charlotte.
Oppenheimer
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Are you saying we'll have to delay? I'm saying it would be prudent. This weather, has it reached the site? (tense music playing) (thunder rumbling) (telephone ringing) Bethe is calling to tell you the implosion test failed. ROBERT: Hello, Hans. Yes, he's here.
Oppenheimer
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So we're about to fire a dud? - No. - Explain. Well, I can't. I just... I-I just know. I know the implosion lenses will work. If we fire these detonators and they don't trigger a reaction, two years' worth of plutonium will be scattered across White Sands. A month of my salary against ten bucks says it lights. - Jesus. - (thunder rumbling) (tense music continues)
Oppenheimer
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(thunder rumbling)
Oppenheimer
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Three years, 4,000 people, $2 billion. Well, if it doesn't go off... (sighs) we're both finished.
Oppenheimer
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Why did you have to see her? Because she had indicated a great desire to see me before we left. At that time, I couldn't, but I felt that she had to see me. She was undergoing psychiatric treatment. She was extremely unhappy. Did you find out why she had to see you? (grim music playing)
