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Project Orion The True Story of the Atomic Spaceship
by Dyson, George
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- Comments: Reprint. In 1957, a small group of scientists, supported by the U.S. government, launched an attempt to build a four-thousand-ton spaceship propelled by nuclear bombs. The initial plan called for missions to Mars by 1965 and Saturn by 1970. After seven years of work, political obstacles brought the effort to a halt.The Orion team, led by the American bomb-designer Theodore B. Taylor, included the physicist Freeman Dyson, whose son George was five years old when the existence...
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- ISBN-13: 9780805072846
- ISBN: 0805072845
- Publisher: Holt & Company, Henry
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"An intimate look at an amazing concept some still believe offers the best hope for fending off--literally--an errant asteroid or comet that could wipe humankind from Earth.Dyson, George is the author of 'Project Orion The True Story of the Atomic Spaceship' with ISBN 9780805072846 and ISBN 0805072845.
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