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They did not see it until the atomic / bombs burst in their fumbling hands. / -- H. G. Wells, 1914
Mae had heard the news on the radio and TV, of course, and she was pretty well prepared for what I had to tell her -- that I was going off into space with the world's big wheels. Naturally she didn't like it, but for a reason I hadn't suspected. She told me about it in the morning over my Pep and eggs.