Originally Posted by
rickair7777
The difference was that they were actively working towards it, and had the technology and industrial capacity. Over the last 20 years, aside from a few external setbacks, they mostly *chose* not to sprint to the finish line.
And seriously, those last few steps are a whole lot easier than they were 80 years ago. Slapper detonators in lieu of bridge wire, for example. And you can get capacitors big enough to power a firing circuit on Amazon. They sell them to power the bass speakers in your low rider