Manhattan Project
The manhattan project The manhattan project is a code name for the United States government’s secert project to develop a atomic bomb, a powerful explosive nuclear weapon. ... The official agency that produced the bomb was the Corps of Engineers’ Manhattan Engineer District, commanded by Major General Leslie R. ... The most challenging part of the project was the difficulty of finding the acceptable and enough source of fuel for the bombs. ... During the war, the Manhattan Project employed approximately two hundred thousand people. ... The total cost of the Manhattan Project was estimated of twenty billion dollars. Later in the project the first atomic bomb exploded at Los Alamos, Mexico on July 6, 1945. ... Soon after the Manhattan Project became a success, the Soviet Union developed their own atomic bomb.