Oppenheimer | YM86-640A696 Just like the rocket that

Just like the rocket that inspired it

It was a significant effort to expand humanity’s presence in space and to gain a deeper understanding of space environments

and precision of heavy-lift space missions

which developed the first nuclear weapons

Atomic Energy Commission

Oppenheimer | YM86-640A696 Just like the rocket thatRobert Oppenheimer was the head of the Los Alamos Laboratory and the Manhattan Project, which developed the first nuclear weapons. After World War II, Oppenheimer became the chairman of the influential General Advisory Committee of the newly established U. S. Atomic Energy Commission. In that role, he advocated for international control of nuclear power to prevent nuclear proliferation and an arms race with the Soviet Union.