It should also be noted that supporters of Project Orion included Werner von Braun, who of course developed the German V-2 rocket and later became a leading figure in NASA. Werner von Braun was reportedly initially skeptical, but later became an enthusiastic supporter of Orion. Other prominent ...
Physicist Theodore Taylor and others examined the feasibility of a nuclear-pulse rocket powered by nuclear fission. The original idea was put forward by Stanislaw Ulam and Cornelius Everett in 1955. Bombs set off on one side of a pusher plate with some solid propellant material would push on ...
The original idea of "nuclear pulse propulsion" is attributed to renowned super genius Stanislaw Ulam. Steady controlled fusion has been a dream since before the atomic age began but seems as far away today as it was in the time of Professor Ulam. To tap into the enormous energy yields of ...
Taking all the above into consideration, it’s no surprise that the study of the Van Allen belts (VABs), on-going since the late 1950s, continuously astonishes us. Having been attacked from below by human beings during various nuclear tests – among which US Operations Argus and Starfish P...
The Orion nuclear pulse drive combines a very high exhaust velocity, from 19 to 31 km/s (12 to 19 mi/s) in typical interplanetary designs, with meganewtons of thrust. 獵戶座核脈衝(航天器)驅動器結合了非常高的排氣速度,在典型的行星際(航行)設計中是從19到31 km/s(12到19 mi/s),連同百萬...