LzONG, PROUD PEDIGREE

摘要

It was a pleasure to read that the nuclear rocket program Nerva (Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Application), developed by Westinghouse Astro Nuclear Laboratory and Aerojet General, still represents the best rocket technology for deep-space travel. As NASA's Stanley Borowski says in "Leave it to Us" there is not a vehicle today that can perform as well as the Nerva engine (AW&ST Aug. 9, p. 22).