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For the first time, period. Doesn’t look like we had one 60 years ago...
by wfbarks 7y ago
For the first time, period. Doesn’t look like we had one 60 years ago...
- ceejayoz 7y agoWe did: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NERVA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NERVA Tested successfully (on the ground) in the 60s. Real pity about its cancellation, too. It was considered for the "Grand Tour" that the Voyager probes wound up doing; they could've sent nearly 30x the spacecraft mass with NERVA rockets.
- autokad 7y agoI don't have time to verify the video at the moment, but I believe this is them testing said engine 60 years ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmxPRCyR-Co https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmxPRCyR-Co