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To Mars by A-Bomb: The Secret History of Project Orion. Inspiring by the sheer grandiosity of the task, the will, and the ingenuity to tackle it. Back in the 19
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To Mars by A-Bomb: The Secret History of Project Orion. Inspiring by the sheer grandiosity of the task, the will, and the ingenuity to tackle it. Back in the 1950s, while a trip to the Earth Moon was still just science fiction stuff, those guys were planning to go as far as Saturn in a couple of decades, riding nukes. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1039992/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1039992/