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nuclear pulse propulsion
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Nuclear pulse propulsion
Nuclear pulse propulsion
or
external pulsed plasma propulsion
, is a hypothetical method of
spacecraft propulsion
that uses
nuclear explosions
for
thrust
. It was first developed as
Project Orion
by
DARPA
, after a suggestion by
Stanislaw Ulam
in 1947. Newer designs using
inertial confinement fusion
have been the baseline for most post-
Orion
designs, including
Project Daedalus
and
Project Longshot
.
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