 In June 1944 , Bradbury received orders from Parsons , who was now the Deputy Director of the Manhattan Project 's Los Alamos Laboratory , to report to Albuquerque , New Mexico . Parsons explained that he needed Bradbury to work on the explosive lenses required by an implosion @-@ type nuclear weapon . Bradbury was less than enthusiastic about the prospect , but he was a naval officer , and ultimately agreed to go . 
