"Bryon Daly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> asked
Couldn't Orion be assembled in orbit to avoid the atmosphere
effects? It certainly would be far far more expensive to do that
way, but if the atmospheric detonations are the biggest hitch...
Yes, and indeed, in the 1960s, Werner Von Braun and ot
From: Alberto Monteiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Bryon Daly wrote:
>
> Couldn't Orion be assembled in orbit to avoid the
> atmosphere effects? It certainly would be far far
> more expensive to do that way, but if the
> atmospheric detonations are the biggest hitch...
>
The whole point of this Orion thi
Bryon Daly wrote:
>
> Couldn't Orion be assembled in orbit to avoid the
> atmosphere effects? It certainly would be far far
> more expensive to do that way, but if the
> atmospheric detonations are the biggest hitch...
>
The whole point of this Orion thing is to put
stuff into orbit. Going
From: "Robert J. Chassell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Project Orion
by George Dyson
2002, Henry Holt and Co
ISBN 0-8050-7284-5 (pbk)
No Orion spaceships were built. One reason is that the US Air Force,
who liked bombs, could not figure out a reason to explore the solar
s
> From: Robert J. Chassell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Project Orion
> by George Dyson
> 2002, Henry Holt and Co
> ISBN 0-8050-7284-5 (pbk)
>
> Recently, George Dyson wrote a book on Project Orion, a project on
> which his father, Freeman Dyson, worked
They use a "Project Orion" type spaceship in the Niven/Pournelle novel
"Footfall" to launch a military mission to the F'i'thp conquered space station. That
was the first place I ever heard of "Project Orion" (and a lot of other
unconventional weapons idea
Project Orion
by George Dyson
2002, Henry Holt and Co
ISBN 0-8050-7284-5 (pbk)
Recently, George Dyson wrote a book on Project Orion, a project on
which his father, Freeman Dyson, worked in the late 1950s. The
project designed a heavy spaceship that could carry people to other
