Nuclear Rockets (w. Scooter)

While most of NASA was focused on the Apollo Moon Program, a separate division was hard at work building then deliberately blowing up nuclear rocket cores all over Nevada. This week, we’re talking to train and nuclear knower Scooter (bsky.app/profile/angryscooter77.bsky.social) about the weird and convoluted story of American nuclear rockets.
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SOURCES:
- Nuclear propulsion: A vital technology for the exploration of Mars and the planets beyond (ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19890001573/downlo…), NASA
- The NERVA Nuclear Rocket Reactor Program, W H Esselman
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