Project Orion Files
Project Orion was a study of a intended to be directly propelled by a series of explosions of atomic bombs behind the craft (nuclear pulse propulsion). Early versions of this vehicle were proposed to take off from the ground with significant associated nuclear fallout; later versions were presented for use only in space. Six non-nuclear tests were conducted using models
- BREAKTHROUGH PHYSICS.pdf
- FUSION PROPULSION.pdf
- FUSION 1.pdf
- FUSION PROPULSION.pdf
- GENERAL ATOMIC NUCLEAR PULSE SPACE VEHICLE STUDY VOLUME 1
- GENERAL ATOMIC NUCLEAR PULSE SPACE VEHICLE STUDY VOLUME II (SECRET)
(Vehicle Systems Performance and Costs).
- GENERAL ATOMIC NUCLEAR PULSE SPACE VEHICLE STUDY VOLUME III.pdf
- GENERAL ATOMIC NUCLEAR PULSE SPACE VEHICLE STUDY VOLUME IV.pdf
- GENERAL ATOMIC NUCLEAR PULSE SPACE VEHICLE STUDY VOLUME IV.pdf
- NASA EXTERNAL PULSED PLASMA PROPULSION GABRIEL.pdf
- NASA FY 2000 TECHNICAL REPORTS.pdf
- NASA REPORT 1964 NUCLEAR PULSE SPACE VEHICLE.pdf
- NUCLEAR PATHFINDER.pdf
- POST SATURN NUCLEAR AND NEXUS CONCEPTS.pdf
- PROMETHEUS.pdf
- READY TO PRINT ORION REPORTS.pdf
- SPACE PROPULSION.pdf