NERVA (Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Applications) by NukeRocketMan 3d model
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NERVA (Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Applications) by NukeRocketMan

NERVA (Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Applications) by NukeRocketMan

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Last crawled date: 4 years ago
This is a bookshelf model of the NERVA nuclear thermal rocket engine developed in the 1960's (Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Applications). This is meant to represent the flight version that would have been used for deep-space missions "in the 1970's and beyond"... Sadly, after extensive testing and development, the program was cancelled in 1973 at the end of the Apollo program. If you're not familiar with it, I highly recommend this old NASA documentary from the 60's: https://youtu.be/vs3zNwXhzSA

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