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| - If you are a science geek (like me) or a history buff (like my husband), then you would enjoy this place. Pretty cool, but also disturbing at the same time because learning about the history of weapons of mass destruction and atomic testing made me wonder how much of this is going on around the world. It has also made me paranoid about the water in the Vegas area because all of that radiation, that is definitely embedded in the environment where they were doing all these experiments will take tens of thousands of years to decay! And I also felt sad for all those who worked on these projects who lost their lives to cancer, and their families that lived nearby as well. The one thing that stuck with me was a statement about how the U.S. government decided it would be better to do these Atomic bomb testings in the Pacific because although there are people there, it's not that many people anyway. Wtheck???? Yea, there were people out there... NON-Americans, NON-Caucasians, people that lived in the Polynesian Islands, and more, that had lives, families, and who revered their ocean and their lands, and their skies, which is more than what I can say for the leaders who turned the other way and allowed all of this to happen. This museum brings all of this to light, and I'm glad they do, because I think it's important to be aware of how people in power, can abuse that power for their own selfish gains. I learned that the government decided to move this testing to the Pacific because too many people in the U.S. began to grow more concerned about the harmful effects happening on their own soil. Go and visit this place. Learn something important. Care about people, the environment, and the importance of maintaining world peace. Oh, and by the way, I'm pretty sure Atomic testing is still happening today. They just do it underground. What a scary world and most importantly, country we live in.
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