In 1962, NASA engineers didn't just argue about rockets—they waged a quiet war...

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In 1962, NASA engineers didn't just argue about rockets—they waged a quiet war over physics. You had the nuclear enthusiasts pushing for raw power, the chemical traditionalists, and the electric propulsion crowd looking decades ahead