Hard as it may be for us to grasp from our vantage point in the 21st century, in the 1950s and early 60s Atomic weaponry was cool. Sure this was due, in part, to our arch-enemies of the time -- "da' Commies" -- having A-bombs and H-bombs of their own, which our nuclear bombs would surely protect us from. Somehow. But more than that, people generally thought of atomic energy as the doorway