Dive into the life of the father of the nuclear Navy: Hyman Rickover. Combative, provocative, and blunt, Admiral Hyman G. Rickover was a flamboyant maverick and a unique American hero. When few thought it possible, then-Captain Rickover harnessed the power of the atom to drive the first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, whose trip under the polar ice pack was one of the great adventure stories of the 1950s. Later, Rickover built the world's first nuclear aircraft carrier and the first commercial nuclear power plant at Shippingport, PA. Rickover's achievements made him into a national celebrity, and he appeared on the cover of Time magazine. Many wonder whether America can maintain its technological pre-eminence and whether we can still build and manage large-scale projects. To understand these issues, Rickover considers the story of the man who created the nuclear Navy as well as the civilian nuclear power industry: Hyman G. Rickover.
Michael Pack
Director
Richard Brookhiser
Writer
Joan Allen
Narrator (voice)
Michael Stewart Allen
Dunford
Joel Briel
Caspar Weinberger
James Cronin
Chief of Staff
Jonathan Fielding
Midshipman #1
Jonathan Forte
Rickover's Aide
Antony Hagopian
Anderson
Torsten N. Hillhouse
Beach
Lauren Hubbell
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