> NASA was the pioneer, and pushed hard during the cold war to develop ICBM tech NASA did not develop ICBM technology; the USAF did. NASA used ICBMs in their

> NASA was the pioneer, and pushed hard during the cold war to develop ICBM tech NASA did not develop ICBM technology; the USAF did. NASA used ICBMs in their early days, particularly Atlas missiles. There may well have been some cross-pollination of basic rocket design technology. But NASA was not in the business of making ICBMs and had nothing to do with MAD or the nuclear triad.