the Manhattan Project
/ðə ˌmænˈhætn prɒdʒekt/
/ðə ˌmænˈhætn prɑːdʒekt/
- the secret US project to develop the atomic bomb, begun in 1942. It involved a team of scientists led by J Robert Oppenheimer, first at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and later at Los Alamos, New Mexico, where the bomb was built. The first bomb was exploded as a test near Alamogordo, New Mexico, on 16 July 1945.
曼哈顿计划:美国开发原子弹的秘密计划始于1942年。该计划由J罗伯特·奥本海默(J Robert Oppenheimer)领导的一组科学家组成,首先在田纳西州的橡树岭(Oak Ridge),后来在新墨西哥州的洛斯阿拉莫斯(Los Alamos)内置的。1945年7月16日,第一枚炸弹在新墨西哥州的阿拉莫戈多附近爆炸爆炸。