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Nuclear test stations await president's signal
JACKASS FLATS Nev The desert lay hushed after a nuclear weapons test as the National lab winds down operations at the joint Atomic Energy Commission and NASA Nevada site. Scientists wait for President Nixon to decide funding and pace for a nuclear rocket program seen as the next leap in space propulsion. The Nevada station cut its workforce from 1600 to 778 with more layoffs likely while pursuing NERVA engine work and potential high thrust designs to halve orbital travel times and boost payloads.
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