Project Timberwind
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project-timberwind-310-1776764
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Project Timberwind
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Project Timberwind aimed to develop nuclear thermal rockets. Initial funding by the Strategic Defense Initiative from 1987 through 1991 totaled $139 million (then-year). The proposed rocket was later expanded into a larger design after the project was transferred to the Air Force Space Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (SNTP) program. The program underwent an audit in 1992 due to security concerns raised by Steven Aftergood. This highly classified program provided the motivation for starting the FAS Go
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US project, 1987-1991, to develop nuclear thermal rocket engines
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Timberwind
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2024-04-23T01:03:09Z
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