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Project Orion Nuclear Propulsion - 1950s Tests | Unclassified Video
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Declassified footage of 1950s tests of Project Orion, the nuclear pulse propulsion concept, including the Hot Rod prototypes flown on conventional high explosives. It shows the pusher-plate idea working in small scale.
Linked as proof that the Orion concept was actually tested, whenever HN discusses nuclear propulsion or exotic spacecraft drives.
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