1966.0303 Project NERVA

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On 3 March 1966, Project NERVA (“Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Application”) operates a nuclear fission engine at full power.

 

 

 

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1. Web Resources

2. Book References

3. Other material

 

Web Resources

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Book References

For discussion of NERVA and related projects see the following:

 

Year

Discussion by:

 

No. of Pages

1985

Angelo, Joseph A in his “The Extraterrestrial Encyclopedia: Man’s Search for Life in Outer Space” (1985) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 186-187 (in the entry entitled “space nuclear propulsion”) of the revised 1991 Fact on File hardback edition.

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2003

Darling, David in his online encyclopedia, “The Encyclopedia of Astrobiology, Astronomy and Spaceflight” (2003) in the entry entitled “NERVA (“Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Application”)”. The relevant entry is available online at: “http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/N/NERVA.html

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2008

Friedman, Stanton in his “Flying Saucers and Science : A Scientist Investigates the Mysteries of UFOs” (2008) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 69-80 (in Chapter 2) of the New Page softcover edition.

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1978

Friedman, Stanton T in “Worlds Beyond” (1978) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) (edited by Larry Geis and Fabrice Florin) at page 218 (in Sequence 21 entitled “Flying Saucers Are Real”) of the And/Or softcover edition (with the same page numbering in the Perennial Library paperback edition published under the title “Moving Into Space: The Myths and Realities of Extraterrestrial Life”).

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2001

Harrison, Albert A in his “Spacefaring : The Human Dimension” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 244, 245 (in Chapter 14) of the California softcover edition.

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1989

Mallove, Eugene F and Matloff, Gregory L in their “The Starflight Handbook” (1989) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 44, 46, 47 (in Chapter 3) of the Wiley hardback edition.

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2002

Mann, Adrian on his website “This is rocket science” (2002), at the link below: http://www.aemann.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/spacecraft/nerva/nerva.html

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1981

Powers, Robert M in his “The Coattails of God: The Trip to the Stars” (1981) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 41-43 (in Chapter 3) of the Warner paperback edition.

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1973

Roulet, Alfred in his “The Search for Intelligent Life in Outer Space” (1973) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 56-57 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Hello, Out There”) of the Berkley paperback edition.

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1999

Zubrin, Robert in his “Entering Space: Creating a Spacefaring Civilization” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 138 (in Chapter 7) of the Tarcher Putnam hardback edition.

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