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(Shamelessly stolen from the website atomic rockets) One notional 1959 concept for a large military Orion was the “doomsday weapon" idea. Instead of one Orion carrying a large number or weapons, able to rain down devastation on many separate targets, the idea was to equip one Orion with one...

...his story? The US got some nuclear wastelands out of the Cuban war. Under the conditions he describes, i think it's plausible that Project Orion was pursued. Thanks OBB, i enjoyed the read. I hope your next release will be about the 84 War with some Project Orion bombers in operational...

All in the family... Saturn-Apollo, Saturn-NERVA, and Saturn-Orion.

WTF is that ? Orion with fireworks in place of the nukes ?

Orion "battleships" would be my first choice. Project Pluto the second.

Orion - What about the astro shots of a string of lights?

Thanks. I had not made a connection to the Orion concept.

i'm in for orion, pluto, and X-20, please, cheers, Robin.

My bad, must have confused with something else. I think the confusion come from Wikipedia (how surprising !) - which mentions a "momentum limited Orion" (see attached) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Orion_(nuclear_propulsion) So, can than Limited Momentum Orion achieve this performance ?

Chemical explosives are real losers as far as giving space craft kenetic energy. They give out comparative little energy over all (low energy) compare to equivalent weight of cryogenic fuel. They only look spectacular because they give out their little energy in very rapid bursts (high power).

Folks, after watching Hazegrayart video too many times (Orion interstellar ark) I think the solution to lift Orion away from Earth is... a big cluster of Aerojet 260 inch SRBs. A four stages, all solid monster rocket. In the early days of Apollo was a concept for an all-solid Nova; imagine that...

The Ekranoplan Orion-25 has been tested in February this year. https://vpk.name/en/688213_tests-of-the-orion-25-ekranoplane-have-begun.html And here is a short video of it. View: https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZBYkvvi9xnE

Dunno why. Orion is a fantastic way for getting around a solar system. It stinks on ice for interstellar travel, but then Viking longboats are no damn good for getting to the moon. Gotta start somewhere.

FEATURE ARTICLE: NASA starts buying long lead parts for third Orion ESM, SLS Core Stage - By Philip Sloss. This is for Artemis-3 - the mission tasked with landing a US crew to the surface of the Moon! https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2019/08/nasa-buying-long-lead-parts-third-orion-sls/

Orion Ascent Abort (AA-2) test article K. Scott Piel Published on May 23, 2019 Short clip of the NASA SLS/Orion Ascent Abort (AA-2) test article moving from the Launch Abort System (LAS) facility to SLC-46 at Cape Canaveral ahead of the abort system test flight planned for July 2

Artist's impression of two Orion spacecraft docked at the nose, part Lockheed Martin's "Plymouth Rock" proposal. The docked Orion spacecraft could carry enough water, food, and oxygen to sustain a crew of two for a mission of 180 days in duration. Source: http://www.jpgcs.com/Category/25/914.html

Amazons prices for out-of-print books can get pretty wacky. Behold: $14 and up: http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?sts=t&tn=project+orion&x=0&y=0 $24 and up: http://www.alibris.com/booksearch?title=project+orion

Lockheed Orion CEV construction & test: http://www.ispcs.com/files/tiny_mce/file_manager/presentations/reightle.pdf

which is why your presence here helps .. Otherwise blam! blam! . no Orion

Breathtaking Orion.. Can jou give us more info of the book ? Thanks.