re rocket types in article rpv o k wraith cs uow edu au u wraith cs uow edu au glen justin balmer writes it said that in the s they developed a rocket that used ions or nuclear particles for propolsion the government however didn t give them billion for the developement i d guess this was a garbled report of the nerva effort to develop a solid core fission rocket the most mundane type of nuclear rocket that was the only advanced propulsion project that was done on a large enough scale to be likely to attract news attention it could be any number of things the description given is awfully vague but i d put a small bet on nerva svr resembles a high speed collision henry spencer u of toronto zoology between svr and sunos dick dunn henry zoo toronto edu utzoo henry
