“BLOWUPS HAPPEN” by Robert Heinlein #WeirdDarkness
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Darren Marlar
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🗓️ 9 December 2022
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IN THIS EPISODE: "Blowups Happen" is a 1940¬Ýscience fiction¬Ýshort story¬Ýby American writer¬ÝRobert A. Heinlein. The story describes the tensions among the staff of a¬Ýnuclear reactor.
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“Blowups Happen” by Robert Heinlein, from the book “The Astounding Science Fiction Anthology”: https://amzn.to/3BsZ2mU
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| 1:30.4 | which ended up after the story was published being less science fiction and more science fact, |
| 1:37.0 | almost as if the author was a profit. |
| 1:40.0 | Blow-ups happen is a 1940 science fiction short story by American writer Robert A. Heinlein. |
| 1:46.0 | The story describes the tensions among the staff of a nuclear reactor. |
| 1:50.0 | Heinlein's concept of a nuclear reactor was one of a barely contained explosion, not the steady-state thermal plants developed later. |
| 1:59.0 | As a consequence, the work is dangerous, and the slightest mistake could be catastrophic. |
| 2:04.4 | All the technical staff are monitored by psychologists who have the authority to remove them |
| 2:08.8 | from the work at any time lest they crack under the pressure and precipitate a disaster. |
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