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Nixon killing nuclear space propulsion for no known reason? You mean the Orion project and thousands of nuclear bombs in space? I’d say keeping space nuclear we
by merpnderp 7y ago
Nixon killing nuclear space propulsion for no known reason? You mean the Orion project and thousands of nuclear bombs in space? I’d say keeping space nuclear weapons free in the face off with the Soviet Union counts as a known reason.
- p_l 7y agoThe nuclear propulsion project was unrelated to Orion. And yes, the reason is unknown, because in giving his Executive Order there was no reason attached. It was nuclear thermal engines, similar were being developed in Soviet Union in fact. IT was even tested for safety in case of crashing on Earth (and could run on earth, though the target was using it in space).