They are our friends. As the bus lumbers on, the smooth-talking PR man attempts to sell me on all the research that has been done on this project. Boy, he sure spins an interesting tale. When I question him, he responds defensively, explaining that he only does what he's told. In less than an hour, our bus arrives at the Nevada Test Site.
Armed guards come aboard to verify the passenger list.
I note with interest there is a new sign at the entrance to the Test Site. I am reminded that this is the place where the government tests all kinds of radioactive substances, and where it tested nuclear bombs above ground for many years. As the bus ride resumes, our guides point out a 1,600-foot radio tower. This, we are told, is the tower atop which they placed some exposed high-level radioactive plutonium to test the effects of a nuclear bomb on a city. The tower's height is the approximate distance above ground that a nuclear bomb explodes.