Project Orion: "To Mars by A-Bomb" RARE Footage

[superotherguy1]

(They should have gone to Russia)

[BatusaiJack]

nuclear explosion rocket -- better to load it on a space elevator and then power it up in space

[Hugh345678]

@BatusaiJack the whole point of the system was and is to put thousands of tons into orbit, lifting it up on a space elevater, it kind of defeats the purpose.

[nosorab3]

@Hugh345678

Not necessarily, this kind of propulsion is probably the largest kind of ship you're going to get anywhere fast while still keeping things affordable. Between MPD thruster and this, I'd go with this for simple stuff like bulk transport.

[Hugh345678]

@nosorab3 but like i said it defeats the perpose if you cannot get the stuff up there in the first place, the only system i think could feasably get a orion drive into orbit in less time then a decade would probably be a loftrom loop but if we had one of thoughs we wouldnt need a orion drive...

[GrayFox2k8]

one day, this will be reality!

[v0idation]

Why is Arthur C. Clarke dressed like Blofeld?

[Overclocker49]

aroura

[triggerguy1]

Thanks for posting this.