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This nuked-pulse rocket could reach Alpha Centauri in 44 years
Reaching Alpha Centauri within a single human lifetime has long sounded like science fiction, yet a new generation of nuclear ...
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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 using controlled nuclear explosions to propel massive spacecraft at unprecedented speeds. From city-sized starships to a 44-year journey to Alpha Centauri, ...
From 1958 to 1965, the U.S. government sponsored the Orion program, which developed the idea of nuclear pulse propulsion. This concept was to power spacecraft by dropping nuclear bombs and using the ...
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This is a model of the Project Orion ...
Perhaps the opening is now for the greatest of all space adventures to be partaken by the two countries. The cause of space is meant to unite, not divide. In the last week, Russian President Vladimir ...
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