# Nuclear Propulsion for Deep Space Missions

**URL:** <https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/nuclear-propulsion-for-deep-space-missions/1896>\
**Category:** Tracking with Closeups\
**Tags:** nuclear-propulsion, nerva, nuclear-electric-propulsion, space\
**Created:** [23 August 2022 14:30 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/nuclear-propulsion-for-deep-space-missions/1896 "2022-08-23T14:30:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/johnwalker/32/17415_2.png) [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\
**Post date:** [23 August 2022 14:30 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/nuclear-propulsion-for-deep-space-missions/1896/1 "2022-08-23T14:30:05Z")

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[![](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/uploads/default/original/2X/1/1d45adc48ce8ef5bc443f70cd959d363607c940b.jpeg "Is human space exploration with nuclear propulsion inevitable?") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLD4DpuGWUA)

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**Author:** ![mister\_average](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@mister\_average](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/mister_average)\
**Post date:** [25 August 2022 13:44 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/nuclear-propulsion-for-deep-space-missions/1896/2 "2022-08-25T13:44:40Z")

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When I visited the Atomic Testing museum in Las Vegas some years ago, they had one of the original Nerva engines on display, but you couldn’t take pictures of it for some reason.

And who can forget the “Pilgrim Observer” plastic model with it’s long Nerva stalk…