B-36 manufacture

Too big for the factory; the 'Peacekeeper' had to be built with the nose jacked-up so the tail, at the other end, would clear the ceiling. (1950)

Edward Teller- father of the Hydrogen bomb ( also known as 'The Super")

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Teller

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmHmt-ZL9Fg

Robert Oppenheimer- father of the Atomic Bomb (first one built and tested simply known as 'the gadget')

"Aw snap! There goes my lunch appointment!"

http://www.flickr.com/photos/inkvision/56024556/in/set-1213547/

...everyone is so calm! If it had been a 'Popular Mechanics' cover, the cop on the bridge would be shooting a couple of hysterical motorists