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Re: Nuclear Space Prop.

To: radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu
Subject: Re: Nuclear Space Prop.
From: RadSafeInst@cs.com
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 21:37:14 EST

Project Orion was a space vehicle propulsion system that depended on 
exploding atomic bombs roughly two hundred feet behind the vehicle (1). The 
seeming absurdity of this idea is one of the reasons why Orion failed. It 
wasn't absurd, it just wouldn't have beed a smooth ride!  Thanks to Maury 
Siskel for a great Web-based report!!              Ed  Battle
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