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The Orion Space System

 
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Robert (Butch) Day
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 4:47 am    Post subject: The Orion Space System Reply with quote
After all these years and despite the shuttle, DC-X and the latest SpceX NASA is STILL looking at capsules?
















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PostPosted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 7:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 31, 2016 8:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
It's the whole retro thing. Think of the Ford Mustang and T-Bird. Shuttlecraft are so '80s.
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 31, 2016 10:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Plus they stole the name! Everyone knows, or at least should know, that the Orion is the proposed, atomic bomb propelled interplanetary spaceship.

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PostPosted: Mon Feb 01, 2016 6:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Ah yes. The Orion Pulse Rocket. Part of Project Orion. (Wikipedia article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Orion_%28nuclear_propulsion%29 )

The model:



The complete simplified diagram:



The simplified propulsion unit:



It was used in the novel Footfall by Larry Niven and Dr. Jerry Pournelle. (Wikipedia article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Footfall )


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