Project Orion, the nuclear pulse rocket that could have reached Alpha Centauri in 44 years
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Project Orion, the nuclear pulse rocket that could have reached Alpha Centauri in 44 years
In the late 1950s, Project Orion proposed a spacecraft driven by rapid nuclear pulses, a pusher plate, and shock absorbers, with designs ranging from an eight crew ship to a city sized interstellar ark. This episode traces the real tests, the engineering limits, and the fallout risk that ended the dream in 1963, then follows how Orion’s ...
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