Friday, February 15, 2008

Orion: the spacecraft planned in the 1950s that could have taken men to the outter planets

George Dyson tells the amazing story of Project Orion, a massive, nuclear-powered spacecraft that could have taken us to Saturn in five years. With a priceless insider's perspective and a cache of documents, photos and film, Dyson brings this dusty Atomic Age dream to vivid life.

From the brilliant 'T.E.D.' website.
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3 comments:

  1. Anonymous11:56 pm

    Good stuff!

    AH

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  2. Anonymous8:25 pm

    Here's a BBC documentary on this ship:

    http://www.stage6.com/user/McTodd/video/1884127/To-Mars-By-A-Bomb

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  3. Anonymous4:27 am

    Western Civ could have been a contender. But then it tried to be nice to everybody and ended up killing itself. What a waste.

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