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  • George Dyson: Let's take a nuclear-powered rocket to Saturn (Project Orion)

    03/16/2009 8:28:20 PM PDT · by tricky_k_1972 · 10 replies · 471+ views
    TED ^ | 02/2002 | George Dyson
    Talks George Dyson: Let's take a nuclear-powered rocket to Saturn. About this talk Author George Dyson spins the story of Project Orion, a massive, nuclear-powered spacecraft that could have taken us to Saturn in five years. His insider’s perspective and a secret cache of documents bring an Atomic Age dream to life. About George Dyson A historian and philosopher of science, George Dyson takes a clear-eyed and deeply researched view of our recent scientific past -- while showing where it may lead us