With the huge challenges of the Coronavirus, a little story about The Manhattan Project in Oak Ridge during World War II.
General Groves, head of the project, was a no nonsense taskmaster. He met with his building contractors and showed them blueprints for this building named S-50. It was complicated. Over 2,000 36 foot tubes would be used to separate two isotopes of uranium.
Groves asked the contractors if they could build it. The men replied that of course they could. Groves said he needed the building in 120 days. The builders laughed at Groves and said that was impossible.
Groves replied, okay, how about 90 days. S-50 was operational in 68 days.
We sure could use General Groves today.