During 1958, theoretical work begins on Project Orion, which considered the feasibility of constructing a nuclear-pulse rocket powered by nuclear fission, using nuclear bombs for propulsion
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For discussion of Project Orion see the following:
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Angelo, Joseph A in his “The Extraterrestrial Encyclopedia: Man’s Search for Life in Outer Space” (1985) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 144-145 (in the entry entitled “Project Orion (II)”), 201, 202 (in the entry entitled “starship”) of the revised 1991 Fact on File hardback edition. |
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Baxter, Stephen in his “Deep Future” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 153-154 (in Chapter 18) of the Gollancz paperback edition. |
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Bracewell, Ronald in his “The Galactic Club” (1974) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 111 (in Chapter 12) of the Heinemann softcover edition. |
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Darling, David in his “The Extraterrestrial Encyclopedia” (2000) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 312 (in the entry entitled “Orion, Project”) of the Three Rivers softcover edition. |
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Darling, David in his online encyclopedia, “The Encyclopedia of Astrobiology, Astronomy and Spaceflight” (2003) in the entry entitled “Orion, Project”. The relevant entry is available online at: “http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/O/OrionProj.html |
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Drake, Frank and Sobel, Dava in their “Is Anyone Out There?“ (1991) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 129 (in Chapter 6) of the Pocket Books paperback edition. |
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Dyson, Freeman in “Extraterrestrials: Where are they?” (1982) (edited by Michael Hart and Ben Zuckerman) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 45 (in Chapter 7) of the |
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Dyson, Freeman in his “Disturbing the Universe” (1979) at pages 109, 110-115 (in Chapter 10), 127-131 (in Chapter 12), 159 (in Chapter 14), 267 (in the Bibliographical Notes) of the Harper & Row hardback edition. |
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Friedman, Stanton in his “Flying Saucers and Science : A Scientist Investigates the Mysteries of UFOs” (2008) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 84 (in Chapter 2) of the New Page softcover edition. |
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Goodwin, Simon with John Gribbin in their “XTL” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 175 (in Chapter 5) of the Weidenfeld & Nicolson softcover edition. |
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Harrison, Albert A in his “Spacefaring : The Human Dimension” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 244-245 (in Chapter 14) of the |
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Kuiper, Thomas B H and Morris, Mark in “The Quest For Extraterrestrial Life : A Book of Readings” (1980) (edited by Donald Goldsmith) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 171 (in Chapter 34) of the University Science Books hardback edition. The relevant chapter is a reprint of “Searching for Extraterrestrial Civilizations” Science, Volume 196, pages 616-621 (1977). |
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Lunan, Duncan in his “Man and the Stars” (1974) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 23-25 (in Chapter 2) of the Souvenir Press hardback edition, at pages 30-32 of the Corgi paperback edition. |
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Mallove, Eugene F and Matloff, Gregory L in their “The Starflight Handbook” (1989) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 14 (in Chapter 1), 22 (in Chapter 2), 57-67 (in Chapter 4) of the Wiley hardback edition. |
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Marvels and Mysteries (Editors Of) in “Marvels and Mysteries: UFOs” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 29 of the Parrallel softcover edition. |
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McDonough, Thomas R in his “The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence - Listening for Life in the Cosmos” (1987) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 175 (in Chapter 13) of the Wiley softcover edition. |
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Nicolson, Iain in his “The Road to the Stars” (1988) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 129-131 (in Chapter 7) of the Book Club Associates hardback edition. |
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Parker, Barry in his “Alien Life” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 204-206 (in Chapter 12) of the Plenum Trade hardback edition. |
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Powers, Robert M in his “The Coattails of God: The Trip to the Stars” (1981) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 47-49, 50, 51 (in Chapter 3) of the Warner paperback edition. |
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Ridpath, Ian in his “Worlds Beyond” (1975) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 147 (in Chapter 8) of the Wildwood House softcover edition, at pages 154 of the revised 1977 Penguin softcover edition entitled “Signs of Life”. |
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Rood, Robert and Trefil, James in their “Are We Alone?“ (1980) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 212-213, 214, 215 (in Chapter 14) of the Scribners hardback edition. |
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Roulet, Alfred in his “The Search for Intelligent Life in Outer Space” (1973) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 56-57, 59-60 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Hello, Out There”) of the |
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Sagan, Carl in his “Cosmos“ (1980) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 231-232 (in Chapter 8) of the Abacus softcover edition. |
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Singer, Cliff in “Extraterrestrials: Where are they?” (1982) (edited by Michael Hart and Ben Zuckerman) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 75 (in Chapter 9) of the |
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White, Michael in his “Life Out There” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 150 (in Chapter 8) of the Little, Brown & Co hardback edition. |
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Zubrin, Robert in his “Entering Space: Creating a Spacefaring Civilization” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 191-194, 197 (in Chapter 9) of the Tarcher Putnam hardback edition. |
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