Dr. James A. Dewar was the special guest for this program. Mr. Dewar has re-released his book through Apogee, "To The End Of The Solar System: The Story of the Nuclear Rocket." This is a must read book and this is a must listen to show. Mr. Dewar guided us through the technology and perhaps even more important, the politics of the nuclear rocket program story for the years 1955-73 through the Nixon Administration. One can only wonder what our space world would be like today had this program not been cancelled! Mr. Dewar responded to listener questions about radiation, reliability, costs, size, fuel, ISP/Specific Impulse, even the proposed nuclear shuttle for GEO, etc. Mr. Dewar explained the problem solving for various technical and engineering issues for the rocket and much more. I urge listeners to get a copy of this book from Apogee because a resumption of the nuclear rocket program may be the key that takes us all into space at very low costs and quite safely. You will hear Mr. Dewar explain this in some detail during his interview. If you have questions or comments for Jim Dewar, please send them to me at drspace@thespaceshow.com and I will forward them to him for his response.
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