Oppenheimer | YM86-640A696 Initiated in the 1960s

Initiated in the 1960s

Designed to compete in the lunar space race era

Oppenheimer became the chairman of the influential General Advisory Committee of the newly established U

and precision of heavy-lift space missions

Atomic Energy Commission

Oppenheimer | YM86-640A696 Initiated in the 1960sRobert 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.