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1651: "The NERVA Program"
Episode 1651
Published 1 week, 3 days ago
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Interesting Things with JC #1651: "The NERVA Program" – A rocket engine fires in the Nevada desert without burning fuel the normal way, and a uranium reactor heats liquid hydrogen until it blasts through the nozzle; the tests work, the engine restarts, but the Mars rocket never leaves Earth.