Chapter 5Forall of its explosive properties, the planet buster bomb lookedprettymuch like a routine, non-planet buster bomb. If you’ve seen onebomb I suppose you’ve seen them all. It looked like bloatedtorpedo, only bigger. It was about six feet, dark gray, with aslightpoint on one end. It looked totally innocuous. Of course, the firstatomic bomb looked innocuous too.
Capt.Anson sat with me but didn’t look happy. But he didn’t gripe or,emotionally, drag his feet. After a brief hesitation, he smiled andyou couldn’t tell if he voted with the majority or with theminority. I appreciated that. It showed integrity.
“Itdoesn’t look all that dramatic,” I said.
“Itdoesn’t have to. Our scientists weren’t worried about publicrelations. They just wanted a big boom when it hits the ground.I’vebeen l
