Project Orion was a study conducted in the 1950s and 1960s by the United States Air Force, DARPA, and NASA into the viability of a nuclear pulse spaceship that would be directly propelled by a series of atomic explosions behind the craft. Following preliminary ideas in the 1940s, and a classified paper co-authored by physicist Stanisław Ulam in 1955, ARPA agreed to sponsor and fund the program in July 1958.
To Mars by A-Bomb: The Secret History of Project Orion (2003)
Directed by Christopher Sykes
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Atomic Bomb, Cold War Era, Interplanetary Missions, Mars Exploration, Nuclear Propulsion, Project Orion, Scientific Research, Secret Projects, Space Technology, Space Travel
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Subject: Project Orion
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To Mars by A-Bomb: The Secret History of Project Orion
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