[ExI] Hot Rod (was:Nuclear Space)

Stefano Vaj stefano.vaj at gmail.com
Fri Dec 28 21:57:38 UTC 2007


On 12/26/07, John K Clark <jonkc at att.net> wrote:
> "Bryan Bishop" <kanzure at gmail.com>
> The working model was called "Hot Rod" and was launched in 1959 at
> Point Loma California and is now is now in the Smithsonian Air and
> Space Museum.

Actually, the first pulse rocket was the V-1. This may be the reason
why von Braun initially did not like Orion too much. Old III Reich
rivalries... :-)

Stefano Vaj



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