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In a Desert in the South-West of the United States, Since the 1960s, the Rocket-Engined Test Benches Have Been Sleeping that No One Has Ever Lit Up.

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In the heart of the Nevada desert, three concrete structures house the remains of the Project Rover, an ambitious NASA nuclear-powered rocket engine program supposed to propel astronauts to Mars. Tested successfully between 1959 and 1972, these revolutionary engines were abandoned due to lack of missions, leaving behind them a radioactive legacy that is still subject to containment measures. More
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In the heart of the Nevada desert, three concrete structures house the remains of the Project Rover, an ambitious NASA nuclear-powered rocket engine program supposed to propel astronauts to Mars. Tested successfully between 1959 and 1972, these revolutionary engines were abandoned due to lack of missions, leaving behind them a radioactive legacy that is still subject to containment measures. More

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SciencePost broke the news on Tuesday, September 1, 2026.
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