Tag: orion

  • Spaceship – Orion (takeoff)

    Another insane spaceship project from the 60s : using nuclear warhead to propel a spaceship (fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projet_O…)

    Most
    of the design of this spaceship is conceived to dampen the initial
    shock of the explosion of several (read: Lot of) kiloton nuclear
    warheads. I don’t joke, this is a feasible project!

    Well it
    would have several issue, like stockpiling several thousands of nuclear
    warheads, diplomatic conundrums when trying o land on a foreign planet,
    insane acceleration for crew quarters and oh… Fallouts. Lots of it.
    Yikes!

    To be fair, as a strictly interstellar spaceship, it would
    work. Some issues, like the degradation of the dampening plate or the
    acceleration bursts are surprisingly easy to resolve.

    Pencil doodle on A6 sketchbook

           
           

  • Spaceship – Orion

    Another insane spaceship project from the 60s : using nuclear warhead to propel a spaceship (fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projet_O…)

    Most
    of the design of this spaceship is conceived to dampen the initial
    shock of the explosion of several (read: Lot of) kiloton nuclear
    warheads. I don’t joke, this is a feasible project!

    Well it
    would have several issue, like stockpiling several thousands of nuclear
    warheads, diplomatic conundrums when trying o land on a foreign planet,
    insane acceleration for crew quarters and oh… Fallouts. Lots of it.
    Yikes!

    To be fair, as a strictly interstellar spaceship, it would
    work. Some issues, like the degradation of the dampening plate or the
    acceleration bursts are surprisingly easy to resolve.

    Pencil doodle on A6 sketchbook