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> Could Orion have got hundreds on tons to Mars with the technology of it's time? Yes, but having dangerously irradiated our own planet in the process

• valuearb 6y ago
  Not if launched in space.
  • rbanffy 6y ago
    But then you'd need to launch Orion's mass to LEO. It'd be a good couple Skylab-sized Saturn V launches.
    • valuearb 6y ago
      The mass was a minor part. Launching hundreds of nukes into orbit was the real blocker.
      • rbanffy 6y ago
        I can imagine the meetings.