We imagine the Apollo era as a time of calm genius, but the archival memos tell...

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We imagine the Apollo era as a time of calm genius, but the archival memos tell a much messier story. When 18 Nobel laureates locked horns over nuclear versus chemical propulsion, it was less about the math and more about professional ego