Super Orion Nuclear Interstellar Ark

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.

[Haveuseenmyjetpack]

Props to the camera man floating in orbit around the Earth to get that shot

[owolabielabanjo]

That pulsing sound effect is really satisfying

[JonathonConnorOfficial]

That's a good way to annoy other alien civilizations with your annoying nuclear pulse spaceship and get shot down by them instantly LOL

[matthewschulz]

Christopher nolan needs to take this as the opening scene and make a whole movie

[raptorwhite]

Whoever designed it must've really liked Minecraft piston rockets

[JonnyInfinite]

This is 100% a legit concept nuclear pulse drive that was designed in the 50s called project Orion. Wouldn't need the solid state boosters though on the original design

[orii-raepoole]

"sir, we have recieved intel that the enemy plans to use nukes against us tomorrow, shall i ready our nukes for response?"

"na, just have them all transferred to our big ark ship to use as propulsion"

[robotguy_thing]

The crazy thing is that this could in theory travel at 0.33% the speed of light. It doesn't really sound like that much, but for a man made concept. That's pretty freaking fast!

[michaelschauf]

So how much of the atmosphere do you want to destroy?

Unknown scientists: Yes

[robertphillips]

Looks like something that Gru from "Despicable Me" would build.

[JessieSloan-lb]

Nice CGI and the fact that you included the sequential thrust that will be used in galactic travel 👍🏽

[MichaeldeBidart]

Damn that new Kerbal Space Program graphics update is tight

[tnapeepeelu]

I love how the boosters separate but they just get vaporized

[chauffeurprive]

Très bien ce genre de vidéos pour que l'être humain prenne conscience du réel danger de l'arme super nucléaire

[stayawayfromislam]

That's how my old leaking water tank looked like when I gave it a countdown😂😂

[moamethic]

Today I learned that sound can be as fast as light. I can hear the explosion from two continents away almost immediately.

[kc]

Ted Taylor was a quiet genius who never got the recognition that maybe he deserved.

[Xenotork]

the EMP effect from this would've been catastrophic.

[chrisbmorningstar]

The way things are going I should start building one

[ajbufort]

As a huge fan of the Orion project, I love this!!!