Project Orion: Mission To Mars

Thursday, September 10, 2009

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Orion nuclear propulsion – Orbiter space flight simulator.

The first serious attempt to design a nuclear pulse rocket applied efficient, directional nuclear explosives to maximize momentum transfer.

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