Orion

 awesomeness, books, drawings, Nuclear Pulse Propulsion, nukes, projects, spacecraft
Apr 042011
 

Diagrams of the last “official” Orion design, featuring a pair of Philco Mars landers. At least some thought was given to lofting the Orion sub-orbitally using an uprated S-IC booster stage, and letting it put itself directly onto a trans-Mars trajectory using the nuclear pulse engine.

The book is still chugging along.

 Posted by at 5:29 pm

  4 Responses to “Orion”

  1. Jim R. says:
    April 4, 2011 at 6:01 pm

    Good to hear the book is coming along. Can’t wait to buy it.

  2. Phil Park says:
    April 5, 2011 at 6:13 am

    Any possibility these drawings will be for sale?

  3. Winchell Chung says:
    April 5, 2011 at 9:00 am

    I can’t wait to buy it as well.
    I’m just passing time by re-reading ancient books, like NUCLEAR SPACE PROPULSION by Holmes F. Crouch (1965).
    Old stuff, but since there is no more recent work, it is sadly close to being state of the art.
    Samples:
    http://www.projectrho.com/rocket/realdesigns.php#Translunar_Space_Patrol
    http://www.projectrho.com/rocket/controldeck.php#Atomic_Rocket_Pilot_Control_Console
    http://www.projectrho.com/rocket/enginedeck.php#Atomic_Rocket_Engineer_Control_Console

  4. Winchell Chung says:
    April 5, 2011 at 9:00 am

    It would be nice to have something more recent to read.

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