Friday 17 April 2015

This Nuclear Powered Rocket Would Have Been 'A Flying Chernobyl'

image credit US Department of Energy

In 1957, the United States began secretly developing a new type of aircraft. This was the Atomic Age, when nuclear energy seemed to offer unlimited energy in numerous ways.

Nuclear reactors provide enormous potential, which is why America put them into submarines and aircraft carriers at this time. It seemed only reasonable to apply this power to aircraft.

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