You know how people born before 1985 felt when there was the ever present global thermonuclear war threat. We used to practice duck-and-cover in grade school. Woulnt help if very near a bomb explosion, but a little helpful from distant blasts.
Plus there were near misses of a launch in 1962 and 1983 on news. Plus several other secreat incidents revealed years later.
Contributed to hippie malaise that boober parents were fucking up the world.