[rjsimmon]

Old news and a scam by Lockheed.

Not convinced it is a scam. The atomic propulsion concept was in T&E up until the Kennedy years and was quite promising. Should have gone forward but the Cuban Missile Crisis put the fear of radioactivity in the hearts of the common folk and was thus dropped.

Project Orion

[Toddsterpatriot]

Not convinced it is a scam. The atomic propulsion concept was in T&E up until the Kennedy years and was quite promising.

Propulsion using fission bombs is easy. Compact, controlled fusion, not so much.