Project Orion rendering :sciencejak: :marseyastronaut2: :marseynukegoggles:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=JtYisD7RqWk

!spacechads this is what they denied us with the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty of 1963 :#marseyeaglenuke: :#marseyrain: :#marseytears:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Orion_(nuclear_propulsion)

Some footage of the testing done in the late 50s. To this date Nuclear Pulse Propulsion is the only form of interstellar travel in a human lifetime that could be achieved using current technology, more feasible to do on a probe though and use the crewed version for fast interplanetary flight.

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The fact that this was never developed proves we're in the lamest timeline :marseydepressed:


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We won the space race against the Russians but lost the space race against ourselves (and federal spending allocators)

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neighbor if this was done in the 50s why the frick didnt the r-slur writers of the 3 neighbor problem use this!? they went ahead and used the "place bombs in trajectory of probe" :marseygigaretard: :sciencejak: shit

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