Nuclear pulse propulsion
Hypothetical spacecraft propulsion through continuous nuclear explosions for thrust / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Pulsed nuclear thermal rocket.
Nuclear pulse propulsion or external pulsed plasma propulsion is a hypothetical method of spacecraft propulsion that uses nuclear explosions for thrust.[1] It originated as Project Orion with support from DARPA, after a suggestion by Stanislaw Ulam in 1947.[2] Newer designs using inertial confinement fusion have been the baseline for most later designs, including Project Daedalus and Project Longshot.