Project Super Orion

Project Orion was a study of a starship intended to be directly propelled by a series of explosions of atomic bombs behind the craft (nuclear pulse propulsion)

The project was eventually abandoned for multiple reasons such as the Partial Test Ban Treaty which banned nuclear explosions in space as well as concerns over nuclear fallout.

The biggest design was the "Super" Orion design; at 8 million tons, 7250000000 Kilograms it could easily be a city.

One design proposed by Freeman Dyson for the "Super Orion" called for the pusher plate to be composed primarily of uranium or a transuranic element so that upon reaching a nearby star system the plate could be converted to nuclear fuel.

[Madhuntr]

that thing would dig a trench you could put multiple full stack starships inside i bet

[hasanjamil]

The world's temperature just increased by a degree.

[andykerr]

They launched the outhouse for the Taj Mahal into orbit?

[svxwidebody]

Nice thought, nice animation as well 👌 but the only issue is this thing would weigh hundreds of thousands of tons. To escape velocity would take a absolutely tremendous amount of power that we don't have the tech for. But this video is 💯

[McLurker]

Excellent. I wonder if the boosters are necessary in what looks to be a post-apocalyptic scenario, though.

[homesimcockpit]

Oh man! Great job, but we need to see the nukes!

[pseudotasuki]

Didn't even get to the first nuke!

[bradyobriant]

That's a one time use pad, must be an earth exodus.

[dejesteel]

You are looking at the future. Don't think it won't happen

[nhhfdyhvdfghh]

Интересно, эта конструкция не обрушилась бы внутрь самой себя после постройки? :))

[ronmckee]

I don't know how they landed that Monster on that tiny ledge. & certainly someone is getting fined for all that liter of those many external tanks just dumped everywhere.

[physicallymentallyemotiona]

So is this one of the ships the rich folks gonna jump on to leave us here when a super weather event happens🙄

[pranayrai]

Reflection of super orion on water 👏.... attention to details

[aldrinmatalog]

Wow it's a nice computer generated images ❤

[michaelboguski]

Super Orion needs super O-rings on fuel tanks to succeed!

[worldwideknowledge]

It looks like escape pod for rich people and politicians during nuclear war.

[jpotter]

It would destroy itself attempting to launch. Back blast. See what happened to Starship recently due to improper launch facility design. A ship like this would launch from water, or be assembled in orbit, or on an asteroid. Or be built out of an asteroid.

[PedroGarcíaMartín]

¿Y cómo se supone que lo han montado y cargado de combustible en ese acantilado, sin medios visibles en las cercanias? 😅

[earlpettey]

It would immediately destroy itself upon ignition from the back blast. You need a flame trench to redirect what's coming out the bottom, or the pointy end won't be going to space in less than a thousand pieces.

[score_yt.official]

Um why isn't water moving due to the shockwave it creates on launch