SPACE TECHNOLOGY
Nasa to Expand Nerva, Rift Facilities
Washington—Large percentage of new construction outside the Florida and Gulf Coast areas in National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Fiscal 1963 requests is earmarked for expansion of the agency’s nuclear rocket development program, with approximately $80 million in new facilities at two major nuclear installations—National Nuclear Rocket Development Station at Jackass Flats, Nev., and Plum Brook Station near Sandusky, Ohio.
By Edward H. Kolcum12 min