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| Vintage Project Orion Video |
| 2008-11-26 |
| This was a brave project killed in the end by the Test Ban treaty. Conventional explosives in these videos but nukes were the intended fuel |
| Posted by:3dc |
| #6 1st Generation was whopping big nukes. 2nd Generation was micro nukes fired much faster 3rd Generation (Daedalus Project) was basically a pellet version triggered by deuterium/tritium. 4th Generation is antimatter catalyzed nuclear fuel. (Sub critical masses set off by thumping them with a bit of antimatter. Sadly, nobody is going much beyond computer models, despite the fact that Nuclear Pulse Propulsion would be the fastest, most effective drive system we can currently produce. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2008-11-26 18:35 |
| #5 And when the Snouts show up we'd have Micheal |
| Posted by: Cheaderhead 2008-11-26 17:09 |
| #4 Read George Dyson's book on Orion. Not necessarily great big nukes and not weapons as such but nuclear directed energy charges. |
| Posted by: Aussie Mike 2008-11-26 16:58 |
| #3 Rhys Taylor's terrific Orion launch animation at the Nuclear Space website. |
| Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2008-11-26 15:43 |
| #2 That would be National Geographics World magazine. :) |
| Posted by: Laurence of the Rats 2008-11-26 15:12 |
| #1 Ah yes, good old Putt-Putt. I've always liked the NPP idea, though today they wouldn't be using big whopping great nukes. But the subhumans always whine so nobody has the stones to go ahead and do it. I forget what magazine it was, but it came with a poster of a drawing of an Orion. Always liked that poster. Much more than of the white ape we used to use to chase our sister around with. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2008-11-26 14:06 |