Aiming for the Stars: The Forgotten Legacy of the Westinghouse Astronuclear Laboratory
Posted by Willis Shirk on Nov 20, 2013 in | Comments Off on Aiming for the Stars: The Forgotten Legacy of the Westinghouse Astronuclear Laboratory Before his death, renowned science fiction writer, inventor, and futurist Arthur C. Clarke (1917–2008) confidently declared the space age had not yet begun, and would only commence when reliable nuclear-powered space vehicles become available to drastically reduce the cost of moving humans and heavy payloads from the surface of the earth to the farthest reaches of the solar system. It is a...read more