If you are wondering why anybody would deliberately detonate an H-bomb in space, the answer comes from a conversation we had with science historian James Fleming of Colby college.

如果你想知道为什么有人会故意在空间引爆氢弹，答案可能来自一次与科尔比学院的科学史家，詹姆斯·弗莱明的交谈之中。

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However, fusion reactions on the sun are uncontrollable, just like H-bomb explosion seen on the earth. Huge amount of energy will be produced in a minute, which may be destructive.

但是，就象我们在地球上所看到的氢弹爆炸一样，太阳上的聚变反应是不受控制的，它在一分钟内会产生出巨大的却也可能是毁灭性的能量。

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Macmillan realised that if the American Congress knew that the fire had been the result of reckless decisions taken to try to produce the-H bomb, they might veto Macmillan and Eisenhower's plans.

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Kurchatov died in 1960, but Sakharov live through all the different design phases of the H bomb until it was brought down to 26.5 tons and its explosive power was reduced by half.

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H-bomb, saying that the earlier bomb was powerful enough for any possible military purpose.

ECONOMIST: Edward Teller