The project required immense financial resources from "summary" of The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes
The Manhattan Project demanded an unprecedented amount of money. The scale of the endeavor was staggering, with costs that would dwarf any previous military program. The project was so large that its financial requirements exceeded the total cost of the Hoover Dam, the nation's largest public works project at the time. The Manhattan Project would end up costing billions of dollars, a sum that was simply unimaginable in the context of pre-war budgets. Funding for the Manhattan Project was a major challenge from the beginning. Even before the United States officially entered World War II, scientists like J. Robert Oppenheimer realized that the project would require a massive infusion of cash. Obtaining the necessary funds was no easy task, however. The project was shrouded in secrecy, with only a select few individuals aware of its true nature. This secrecy made it difficult to secure the money needed to move forward. Wit...
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