The Black Hole

Footage of Ed Grothus, former nuclear bomb maker and proprietor of the Black Hole, a surplus store/junkyard/museum dedicated to the detritus and ephemera of the Los Alamos National Laboratory.

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[jayjayjay]

A very interesting watch, just from an historic perspective. Thanks for the unique upload!

[amarfan]

Ed is a wise and kind man, and he runs a wonderful business. He is the sanest person I have ever met.

[sn1pe352]

"Science is but a perversion of itself unless it has, as its ultimate goal the betterment of humanity"

[sn1pe352]

i love this guy hes a type of adoptive father figure for me, i am a physicist and understand more about making 'better bombs" than most of the people who made them

[Janet Hunter]

Unbelievable!!

[Davy Jones]

genius i think =D

[rcdevil2]

nooo!!! :(

[ytmesamike]

Ed passed away this morning.

[xXxman052]

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[rofthorax]

My father said he wasn't always like this, I think he's found a market in anti-nuclear advocates, and is just tapping them for a source of money. Note, he's quite a business man, he owns land in and around the town. I think "Ed's Food Mart" was his, now there is some yoga place there.

[rofthorax]

BTW, I don't work at the lab.. I might someday, but for now I'm trying to reduce the stress of such a thought..

[rofthorax]

The rich people in Los Alamos are either team leaders or administrative staff. I'm wiling to bet after all the big hoopla made about the "missing disks", the administrative staff doubled, I wonder how many we really need, what the hell do they do all day? Make bureaucracy to keep scientists from doing quality work? So they can keep from poking their eyes out, or to keep from getting their fingers cut on iodine laced glass? It's a joke..