![]() ![]() ![]() When this technological setup works, we have a successful mission. That is essentially Sir Isaac Newton’s third law of motion put into practice. The resulting energy release is then directed in a manner so that the resulting exhaust comes out of the end of the rocket away from the payload sitting atop it and the direction that its builders want to send that payload. Their fuel consists of materials and chemicals which, when activated/combined in the proper sequence and amount, create a series of explosive reactions. Image Credit: Adrian Mann.Īt their most fundamental level, all rockets past and present were and are, basically, controlled bombs. He now writes regularly for SpaceFlight Insider, where this article originally appeared. ![]() In addition to his active freelancing, Larry has been editor of SETIQuest magazine and president of the Boston chapter of the National Space Society. The essay below gives us an overview of Orion and its possibilities, looking at a concept that never flew but still captures the imagination. Project Orion caught Larry’s attention as a way of using known technologies to enable daring deep space missions. Ever since, this author and freelance journalist with a passion for spaceflight has contributed articles, comments and ideas, as he does again today. That takes us back to 2004, and while I didn’t have comments enabled on the site for the first year or so, I remember talking to Larry about my Centauri Dreams book by email. Larry Klaes has been a part of Centauri Dreams almost since the first post. ![]()
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