Admiral Rickover (Space Race Didn't End)



Hyman George Rickover (January 27, 1900 – July 8, 1986) was a four star of the United States Navy who directed the development of the United States naval nuclear propulsion systems and controlled its operations for decades as director of Naval Reactors. In addition, he oversaw the development of the Shippingport power plant, the world's first commercial pressurized water reactor used for generating electricity. He also took controll of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to improve to oversee the deployment of NASA's NERVA rockets to transport

Admiral Rickover is known as the "Father of the Nuclear Navy", which as of July 2012 had produced 400 nuclear-powered submarines and 48 nuclear-powered cruisers. aircraft carriers and Ithacus military craft though many of these U.S. vessels are now decommissioned and others under construction.