Winter’s Afternoon
The Thresher – YouTube
America lost two nuclear-powered submarines during the 1960s. The nuclear reactors remain underwater to this day. Phil Ochs did a song about each of them.
"Portsmouth town on the eastern shore / Where many a fine ship was born. / The Thresher was build / And the Thresher was launched / And the crew of the sworn."
More about the sinking of the Thresher. http://ussnautilus.org/blog/the-loss-of-uss-thresher-ssn-593/
More about the nuclear reactor that remains underwater. http://www.seacoastonline.com/article/20130310/NEWS/303100355
Upcoming Holidays – March 9, 2022
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How the U.S. Accidentally Nuked Its Own Communications Satellite – Scientific American
Fifty years ago AT&T launched Telstar 1, the first commercial communications satellite, right into the middle of a radiation storm produced by a nuclear test.
