orion space drive an excellent reference for non technical readers on the orion system is the starflight handbook by eugene mallove and gregory matloff isbn the relevant chapter is nuclear pulse propulsion the book also contains lots of technical references for the more academically inclined enjoy c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c nathan f wallace c c reality is c c e mail wallacen cs colostate edu c c ancient alphaean proverb c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c
