While most proposals for Orion ground launches have included chemical first stages of some from, the most efficient way to launch an Orion appears to be from the ground. This is obviously impracticable under current political climates and cost-effectiveness calculi, but a man can dream...
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...way and concentrating on perfecting the worker's paradise at home.
The policies that led to "MAD" were purely American and at the time Orion was being contemplated, said policies weren't in place yet.
The Orion battleship would've been the ultimate deterrent, it is completely unpremptable...
for me : orion, pluto, and X-20, please !
you got also Gemini Spacecraft, I take it
for Orion in issue 4 of APR
has it some info about Sowjet Version of Orion ?
or it only US Orion...
Hi everybody
THANKS ! Thanks a lot for answering my questions !
Michel and Orionblamblam
Great ! Super !
Here are some USAF Orion designs
Are these designs realistic ? (for a Space-Battleship)
http://www.lepp.cornell.edu/~seb/celestia/orion/index.html...
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THANKS for the very GREAT drawing ! Orionblamblam
Is there an existing drawing of the Orion "Battleship"
or was it only a wood model ?
Was this Orion "Battleship" also a 4000-ton vehicle ?
(? Any dimensions of the Orion-Battleship known ?)
What was the task of the...
Sea Dragon and Orion are great if you already have them, or have the time to develop them. Two years? We might be bending metal on the first prototype Sea Dragon, we'd be nowhere on the Orion.
There's a 40-odd page whitepaper that I believe provides more detail behind the briefing charts:
http://www.lockheedmartin.com/data/assets/ssc/Orion/Toolkit/OrionAsteroidMissionWhitePaperAug2010.pdf
I am looking for information on Project Orion/Daedalus[British name for roughly the same thing]
this was an early nuclear powered spacecraft that used focused nuclear explosions for thrust.
air defense command
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General Atomic consider the "Jackass Flats" as Launch site for a ground Start Orion
Ironic later AEC tested there NERVA engines here.
Also consider General Atomic Orion launch from swimming platforms
For most Lofter proposal (USAF) and Orbital assembly Orion (NASA)
consider existing launch...
The announcement in the original post led to an ESA-NASA agreement where ESA supplies an ATV-derived service module for the Orion capsule.
Orion is being developed for long-duration trips, while the Commercial Crew (CCtCap) contracts are for short-duration ISS ferry flights. It is unlikely...
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