Back in 1962, 18 Nobel laureates spent months arguing over nuclear versus...

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Back in 1962, 18 Nobel laureates spent months arguing over nuclear versus chemical propulsion. You’d think the physics would be the hard part, but human ego got in the way. I dug through the planning memos to see why these geniuses hit a wall