James A. Dewar

This is the story about the nuclear rocket program that many hoped would be our key to deep space exploration. The story of the nuclear rocket is long and wandering. The book is comprehensive and very interesting. This book details key people, hardware and events that are critical to understanding the story as a whole. The only fault I could find is that I wished that more of the facilities associated with the program were explored, like the Plum Brook reactor, and others. I would recommend this to anyone interested in the space program, nuclear history, or so-out-there-it-can't-be-true non-fiction.… (more)