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On the atomic side, I participated in the
NERVA project to develop a nuclear engine for use in manned flight to
Mars.
NASA's Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle
Application (NERVA) program at the Nuclear Rocket Development Station
(NRDS), Jackass Flats, Nevada was contracted by Pan
American Airways to develop a nuclear Engine for future manned
flight to Mars. This 1950 - 1960's Kiwi nuclear reactor Program
code-named"
Project Rover," consisted of test cells, A, C, and ETS-1 Engine Test
Stand; R-MAD and E-MAD (Reactor and Engine Maintenance Assembly and
Disassembly facilities; a Control Point/Technical Operations complex;
an Administrative area; and a Radioactive material storage area. The
three
test cells were connected by a railroad where a remote-controlled
locomotive
transported the highly-radioactive reactor between the assembly
complexes
and the test stand. It was called the railroad "Jackass Rail Line, the
worlds
shortest and slowest".
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