tad@aplvax.UUCP (07/20/83)
Two comments: 1. Brad Clifford approached the Department of Defense people with the idea of the J-Bomb only after he was convinced by Prof. Zimmermann that it was in Clifford's best scientific intrests. Originaly, he did not wnat any part of the War Machine and it's over enthusiastic guardians in Security. Clifford told no one about his plans, not even his wife nor Aub Philipz, and totally enmeshed himself into the Brunnermount project. If the man who developed the physics and mathematics for J-space was fully (apparently) behind the project, and was cleared previously, it follows that Security would not be too suspicous. 2. Clifford was in a class above Einstein. He developed the math and physics of J-Space when no one else could since they were using Einsteinian order spacial mechanics. Aub Philipz admitted that he couldn't have thought of the required math, and he was considered the next important member of the team. If Clifford had that intelligence going for him, and the ability to pick up on the use of the BIAC computers as rapidly as he did, it also follows that he could have planned everything without any complications. Besides, who said that the Brunnermount J-Bomb worked after Clifford and Philipz walked out of the control room? In the epilog it was mentioned that everyone had a good laugh when the machine finally shut down. Terry Dexter (tad @ aplvax)