When the Kennedy Administration canceled research on the nuclear airplane last March, it seemed that the nuclear-propelled rocket, which is even more difficult to build, might be grounded too. But in San Francisco last week at a meeting of the American Ordnance Association, Glenn T. Seaborg, chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, gave a highly hopeful report on the atomic missile. The first one, he said, may be ready for blast-off by 1965.
In any missile, the efficiency of the engine is limited by the quality of its fuel. And as chemically fueled engines approach peak efficiency, the fuel they require becomes...
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