@piixy_juniko: Project Orion was a 1950s-1960s US aerospace project designed to propel massive spacecraft by detonating small nuclear bombs behind a shielded "pusher plate," creating high-thrust, efficient interplanetary travel. Proposed by General Atomics, it aimed for immense payloads, with designs for Mars missions and interstellar travel. Key Aspects of Project Orion: Propulsion System: The rocket would drop nuclear explosive units behind it, which detonated roughly once per second. Pusher Plate: A giant steel plate connected to the ship by massive shock absorbers would absorb the shock waves from the nuclear blasts, accelerating the vehicle forward. Performance: Theoretical models suggested speeds thousands of kilometers per second faster than conventional rockets, with a specific impulse of 6,000 to 100,000 seconds. Development and Cancellation: While testing of a prototype ("Hot Rod") occurred in 1959, the project was abandoned in the mid-1960s due to the 1963 Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, which banned nuclear explosions in space Purpose: It was designed to carry heavy payloads, potentially thousands of tons, far exceeding the capacity of modern rockets | clip by yt creator :@Hazegrayart #astronomi#rocket #nuke#science#creatorsearchinsight

Ecto 1 :

well! :

global radiation level would rise and it would destroy our atmosphere

EXPIE'S 1# FAN 🐕 🖤💛 :

Disadvantages: cosmic radiation

Godly_gambler :

Project Orion uses normal explosives, there is another project called mega Orion or super Orion I’m not sure, that one uses nukes

romanchic :

It's better to launch the entire ship in stages with conventional engines into a higher orbit to avoid contaminating the Earth with radiation

Mell🎉 :

how they stop it??

flame frags :

blue print pls bro

George Harris SR :

I bet this is a video from hazegrayart

kupa_kupsko7611 :

its an iteresting concept but i get it why it was scraped

67diddyblud_xXemoboyXxBLOXFRUI :

Impossible

ilove_muffienssomuch :

it was canceled bc the test of using bombs were banned in 1963 and set of explosives in the atmosphere and it was illegal and it used Saturn V '1st stage for the 1st stage.

M3 :

blue print plz

bowie knife99 larper :

correction: the nuke is used to propel the rocket

Antyジ :

why scrap the whole design when u could just change the fuel to normal bombs and not nuclear boms

RiderBlades :

song name?

Chico 𝙃𝙄𝙎𝙏𝙊𝙍𝙔 :

bro is that the stage of Saturn V

AL🧏‍♂️ :

PO sumber yang dapat

Zyless :

what if we use normal rocket the. when they separate we use the nuclear rocket?