Project Orion: The True Story of the Atomic Spaceship by George Dyson. A mindblowing vision and project of a vehicle that would offer the capability to truck TONS of stuff as far as, say Saturn, or offer speedy travel to Mars. Born in the nuclear optimism of 1950's, killed by politics and bad optics of nuclear bomb enabled spaceflight. The more I read of the book the more exciting the topic became. I did not realize how superior and feasible the nuke powered spaceship would be if built. I hope Orion will fly one day, it's that awesome.
Project Orion: The True Story of the Atomic Spaceship
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