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The Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Application, or NERVA, was a rocket engine development program intended to establish a technology base for nuclear thermal rocket systems for space missions, as this promised to be more efficient than chemical rockets. NERVA was a joint effort of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and NASA, and was managed by the Space Nuclear Propulsion Office (SNPO). NERVA was considered a successful program in that it met or exceeded its program goals and demonstrated that nuclear thermal rocket engines were a feasible and reliable tool for space exploration. At the end of 1968 SNPO deemed that the NERVA engine met the requirements for a human mission to Mars. It had strong political support but was cancelled by President Richard Nixon in 1973. Although NERVA engines were built and tested largely with flight-certified components and the engine was deemed ready for integration into a spacecraft, they never flew in space. (Full article...)
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Hi Hawkeye7 and anyone else interested: a draft blurb for this article is above. Thoughts, comments and edits are welcome. Gog the Mild (talk) 16:14, 15 July 2023 (UTC)