by Reuben David Ferguson
This is a paper that I wrote for AMH6939 The Nuclear Age under
Dr.
John O'Sullivan. It deals chiefly with the development of Orion,
a spacecraft designed to use the detonation of atomic bombs as a means
of propulsion. Helios and Daedalus, two other projects
in the same vein, are also discussed briefly. For information, e-mail
reuben@arkrat.net or rdfergus@fau.edu
Helios
If you click on the above illustration, you'll go to the Project
Orion: Its Life, Death, and Possible Rebirth page.