This got my attention as it was this program that led to the molten salt reactors that Kirk Sorensen is pushing.
It was to be the power plant behind the nuclear powered airplane in the Aircraft Reactor Experiment.
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This video got my attention because it is an airframe that I think could carry a suitable rocket that could get to orbit. It involves a concept that would be powered by conventional rocket engines that would lift it to 100k feet or above, then release the rocket. The total weight would be less than a fully loaded 747. It could look like this:
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| No nuke powered bombers built, but how about a rocket carrier? The center fuselage would carry a S4B type rocket that could get to orbit. |
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| Tests for the Direct Cycle were successful, but the exhaust was radioactive. The plane was too heavy too. |
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