re orion drive in vacuum how in article apr sfu ca leigh palmer palmer sfu ca writes in article qn bginn s mimi uu net james p goltz goltz mimi uu net writes background the orion spacedrive was a theoretical concept it was more than a theoretical concept it was seriously pursued by freeman dyson et al many years ago i don t know how well known this is but a high explosive orion prototype flew in the atmosphere in san diego back in or i was working at general atomic at the time but i didn t learn about the experiment until almost thirty years later when ted taylor visited us and revealed that it had been done i feel sure that someone must have film of that experiment and i d really like to see it has anyone out there seen it leigh nope i haven t seen the film but taylor s biography the curve of binding energy contains a short section on orion and this test flight apparently it was quite impressi and got von braun very excited in real life mike williams perpetual grad student e mail mrw e virginia edu it s not just a job it s an indenture if you ever have a world of your own plan ahead don t eat it st tng
