The Powder Toy

Project ORION by zxaaw

zxaaw
zxaaw
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26th Dec 2016
19th Mar 2017
Continuously detonating nuclear weapons behind a ship to produce thrust. Yes. And it was considered as a genuine, even realistic, method of producing thrust to go interstellar.

Comments

  • ApertureScientist
    ApertureScientist     19th Mar 2017
    @Technomancer, did you think anout the massive amounts of gamma radiation?
  • zxaaw
    zxaaw     29th Dec 2016
    Thanks.
  • Technomancer
    Technomancer     27th Dec 2016
    I like the mechanism here, it's a lot more complex than is really necessary but pretty impressive and well-built. And the Orion system might still be the best option we have for long-distance spce travel within a reasonable timescale. Still horribly slow for interstellar flight, but if we wanted to transport humans to, say, a moon of Saturn or Jupiter this might be the way to do it.