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Well, PK-5000 just could be a schematics invented by dumb magazine illustrator. Anyway, I agree that GA Orion was million light years ahead of this in terms of engineering development. BTW, was Orion publicly known in 1962?

Orion! ;D ;D

Thanks dear Orion.

See also #151391 on page 184 of The Age of Orion-P3

You're right. That's what I get for posting so late at night. Or so early. Or so addled. Or something.

Agree, even worste this is a try to revive Orion infact is called "Orion-lite"......

And the details of a nuclear pulse unit bomb Could you imagine an Orion spaceship functioning in the high terrestrial atmosphere (above 50-60 km?) ; at the time of the prevention of atmospheric nuclear explosions (1962)!

Have only in French from wikipedia

No that USAF Orion Orbital Platform (4000 tons) makes a retaliatory strike on USSR from book "Project Orion" by George Dyson

The Orion research rocket

Outstanding! Good work, Orion.

Seconded. Most fascinating part is near the end, 1963-65. When Dyson and Ted Taylor try to gets Orion rescued by NASA only to be rebuked by Milton Klein and Harold Finger pushing their own nuclear space engine: NERVA. At this moment they "shrink" Orion to 10 m diameter so that it fits the...

A Nuclear power Mach 3 ramjet that drop 26 H-bombs is overkill in any way and i would not voluntier to fly on Nuclear explosion powert Orion...

Nuclear Pulse Propulsion (Project ORION). Experimental Structural Response_Kirtland AFB Nuclear Pulse Propulsion (Project ORION). Engineering Experimental Tests_Kirtland AFB Released 12/21/2017

Arstechnica article on it: https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/07/nasas-inspector-general-report-roasts-lockheed-martin-for-orion-fees/

Robunos, Do you have G. Dyson's "Project Orion" book. Do you recommend it?. I'm interested on knowing more about that project and was considering to order it from amazon. Are the Battleship Orion versions described on that book?. Thanks in advance, Antonio

I should point out, though, that I am attempting to try to re-create it based on conversations with actual Orioneers.

this USAF Orion frighten me

The Apollo CM was also unstable below M2 so it used its' RCS thrusters to keep it stable till the drogue-parachutes deployed, it would be the same thing for the Orion CM.

There were several proposal One was the "Jackass Flats" as Launch site for a ground Start Orion. Other was to launch from platform in middle of Pacific. Later they switch to lofter concept were Rocket stage carry the Orion 80 km hight were the engine start up. Here Kennedy Space Center and...