Guys,

(because I seriously doubt there's any ladies on this website regularly)

Does anybody have information on the Nuclear Shuttle developed at Marshall Center in the late 60's and early 70's? It looked sort of like an S-IVb with a "nuclear" engine on the bottom. You could stack supplies for the moon or geosynchronous stations at the other end or cluster them together for interplanetary missions.

A report, more pictures or some drawings would be great.

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I miss being SAM 062

Awaiting First Launch: Too numerous to count
Finishing: Zooch Saturn V; Alway/Nau BioArcas; Estes Expedition; TLP Standard
Repair/Rescue: Cherokee-D (2); Centuri Nike-Smoke; MX-774
On the Bench: 2650;
Dream Stage: 1/39.37 R-7

Weren't they going to launch a test version years ago? Ended up cancelling it because people threw a fit about the nuclear fuel.
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A quick search- Wired article about the end of the program: https://www.wired.com/2012/09/nucle...n-studies-1971/

NASA technical report server has a few hits This one has lots of images:
Nuclear flight system definition study, phase 3. Volume 2 - Concept and feasibility analysis. Part B - Baseline system definition Final report
Reusable nuclear shuttle configuration, mass characteristics, stage and INT-21 interfaces, and design criteria and constraints
https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations...19710017290.pdf

This one is "uncharted waters" for me . . . I'm digging !

https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations...19710018486.pdf


Apparently, it's referred to as the "RNS Project", also.
Dave F.

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