Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site pur-phy.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!CS-Mordred!Pucc-H:Physics:els From: els@pur-phy.UUCP (Eric Strobel) Newsgroups: net.space Subject: Re: Illegality of NERVA's??!! Message-ID: <1397@pur-phy.UUCP> Date: Mon, 20-Aug-84 14:59:30 EDT Article-I.D.: pur-phy.1397 Posted: Mon Aug 20 14:59:30 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 22-Aug-84 00:38:42 EDT References: <12587@sri-arpa.UUCP> Organization: Purdue University Physics Dept. Lines: 13 Who said anything about nuclear explosions??? NERVA was to use a reactor to have fuel burn, achieving an exhaust temperature much higher than ordinary rockets, thus giving a larger specific impulse. I don't remember the details and I hope that someone might post a brief summary of the NERVA project and the alleged illegality. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A message from the mental maze that calls itself: ERIC STROBEL UUCP: {decvax,ucbvax,harpo,allegra,inuxc,seismo,teklabs}!pur-ee!Physics:els INTERNET: els @ pur-phy.UUCP