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... in 1974: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96A0wb1Ov9k&feature=related By that time Rover/NERVA had been canceled. Cargo plane launches have many advantages. They eliminate the need for costly ... , but this should not be viewed as absolute, because materials science does advance. During Rover/NERVA, fuel elements were made with graphite and it sublimates, or turns from a solid to ... Safety can be divided into three categories: workers, the public and the environment. In Rover/NERVA, three workers died and the cause was carelessness or ignorance. Those would kill the workers ...

... , emphasizing technology and long-lead time development; or cancel Nuclear Engine For Rocket Vehicle Application NERVA program. "Because there is simply no need to proceed with full scale development now, and ... , Manager, NASA-AEC Space Nuclear Systems Office, testified on Nuclear Engine For Rocket Vehicle Application NERVA program status: "Eighteen rocket reactors have been tested, each adding importantly to our knowledge. Two ...

... base of data and underrating had been built for development of flight-rated NERVA engine. "Development of the NERVA engine at this time," Klein stressed, "would capitalize on this investment and provide ... Program should shift to devel­opment of overall flight engine. LASL would continue to support NERVA program chiefly in development and evaluation of improved fuel ele­ments and other reactor core ...

... . Scope of new starts would be reduced, with Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Application NERVA I replacing larger NERVA it and "less costly Mariner class spacecraft" replacing Voyager mission. Urgent activities would ... changes also included more v/STOL research, noise research for subsonic jets, and development of NERVA I nuclear rocket engine at thrust level of 75,000 lb. NASA Associate Administrator for ...

... , 2/21/68)'' Explaining decision to develop flight-rated Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Application NERVA engine at 75,000-lb rather than 200,000-lb thrust level, NASA Manager of ... properly placed upon that mission, and the 75,000-pound-thrust NERVA class is appropriate. . . . The 75,000-pound-thrust NERVA gives somewhat better payload performance for orbital operations missions which start ...

... ; (4) planetary exploration through Voyager program; (5) development of Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Application NERVA II nuclear rocket engine; and (6) increase in aeronautical research efforts to deal with "emerging ... on Voyager and Apollo Applications AA programs and on Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Application NERVA II be made this year to avoid acceleration of the "dispersal of the know-how ...

... the most important longest-lead-time development activities in Nuclear Engine For Rocket Vehicle Application NERVA ." Progress made in "early, critical years, will permit later development activities. . .to proceed smoothly." Effort ... in 1973 and first ground test of series of Nuclear Engine For Rocket Vehicle Application NERVA flight engines in 1974. ''(Testimony)'' Mission Agency Support of Basic Research, report by Research Management ...

... $15 million, against $1.9 million in FY 1971. Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Application NERVA rocket funding would decrease from $32 million in FY 1971 to $9.9 million. Tracking ... from $720 million in FY 1971. AEC funding for Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Application NERVA and space electric power would decrease from $84 million in FY 1971 to $39.7 ... total decrease to 6800 since July 1967. Work on Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Application NERVA nuclear rocket engine would be limited to "essentially long-lead time items," preserving ability "to ...

... / experimental vehicle programs. Nuclear engine for rocket vehicle application ( Nuclear Engine For Rocket Vehicle Application NERVA ) development was terminated in favor of reoriented program to define smaller nuclear rocket system. Tracking ... Grand Tour and nuclear engine for rocket vehicle application ( Nuclear Engine For Rocket Vehicle Application NERVA ) programs. Grand Tour of outer planets would be replaced with less complex missions to Jupiter ...

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