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1. I didn't know until recently... US successfully tested 2 nuke-powered missile engines in the 60s --

Fri Aug 9, 2019, 10:36 PM

Aug 2019

without accident/incident it should be noted -- and decided not to pursue the technology.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Pluto

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