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But I thought I would share. Just found this article:
http://www.astronautix.com/articles/probirth.htm
It's a discussion of the Orion project, a nuclear pulse-drive launch vehicle theorized, and apparently nearly prototyped, in the 60s. I remember a similar vehicle from Niven and Pournelle's Footfall several years ago. The article seems to favor resurrecting the project for solar system exploration. I thought there might be a story in there for somebody.
Have a good one!
HN
http://www.astronautix.com/articles/probirth.htm
It's a discussion of the Orion project, a nuclear pulse-drive launch vehicle theorized, and apparently nearly prototyped, in the 60s. I remember a similar vehicle from Niven and Pournelle's Footfall several years ago. The article seems to favor resurrecting the project for solar system exploration. I thought there might be a story in there for somebody.
Have a good one!
HN
