NASA to test nuclear thermal rocket engine for the first time in 50 years | CNN cnn.com Submitted by dem676 t3_10kjbda on January 24, 2023 at 11:10 PM in space 51 comments 166
me_too_999 t1_j5sex5v wrote on January 25, 2023 at 5:52 AM Reply to comment by Adeldor in NASA to test nuclear thermal rocket engine for the first time in 50 years | CNN by dem676 Looks like the deaths were from a separate incident, but here's a link I found. https://youtu.be/db97RSlALYw Permalink Parent −2− Shrike99 t1_j5skqbr wrote on January 25, 2023 at 6:57 AM That incident was in 1958. NERVA didn't start seeing budget cuts until 1969 when Nixon got in, over a decade later. It seems unlikely there was any connection. Permalink Parent 13 [deleted] t1_j5tabjh wrote on January 25, 2023 at 12:28 PM [removed] Permalink Parent 1
Shrike99 t1_j5skqbr wrote on January 25, 2023 at 6:57 AM That incident was in 1958. NERVA didn't start seeing budget cuts until 1969 when Nixon got in, over a decade later. It seems unlikely there was any connection. Permalink Parent 13
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