Philip Rose
I was born in New York City in 1928. Shortly thereafter I moved with my family to the Catskill Mountains. I completed high school in 1946 and obtained a bachelor of arts degree in 1950. In 1953, I received a master of science degree in physics. I worked at the Westinghouse Bettis Plant in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, working on power plants for submarines.
In October 1962, I became interested in nuclear rocketry and moved to Canoga Park, California, to be part of a team to design a rocket mission...

