In 1962, the government tasked 18 Nobel laureates with choosing a propulsion...

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In 1962, the government tasked 18 Nobel laureates with choosing a propulsion system for the moon. You would expect the world’s best minds to reach a consensus, but they spent weeks bickering over nuclear versus chemical rockets instead