In 1962, 186 scientists, including 18 Nobel laureates, stalled out debating...

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In 1962, 186 scientists, including 18 Nobel laureates, stalled out debating propulsion. Nuclear, chemical, or electric? It wasn’t a clean, heroic path to the moon, but a messy, public argument. The reality of flight is paved with memos and egos.