Project Orion

Contents

0: Introduction.
1: Web sites.
2: Documents.
3: Selden's Pictures.


A.0: Appendices.


A.1: Signature.
A.2: Admonishment.
A.3: Disclaimer.


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See also:
• ProjectOrion.com
• orion.ttsw.com
• Selden's List of Resources for Celestia

0.0 Introduction.

1.0 Web sites.

• orion.ttsw.com
• ProjectOrion.com
  • Project Orion message board
• NuclearSpace.com
  • NuclearSpace message board

  Pictures:

• Images by Adrian Mann:
  http://www.bisbos.com/rocketscience/orion/index.html
• Images by Rhys Taylor:
  • http://rhysy.plexersoft.com/
  • http://www.solarflarestudios.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=231
    • http://www.solarflarestudios.com/forum/download.php?id=503

2.0 Documents.

These documents also are downloadable by way of the "Index to Documents" listed below and from the NASA Technical Reports Server.

• Pulsed Fission Propulsion Concept
  http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/IMAGES/MEDIUM/9906395.jpg (720x576)
  http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/IMAGES/HIGH/9906395.jpg (3000X2400)
  NASA Center: Marshall Space Flight Center
  Publication Year: 1999
  Added to NTRS: 2007-10-12
  Accession Number: MSFC-9906395
• Preliminary Performance Study, Nuclear Pulse Propelled Vehicle
  Whiton, J. C.
  NASA Center for AeroSpace Information (CASI)
  NASA-CR-60666 , 19630101; JAN 1, 1963
  Accession ID: 65X81283
  Document ID: 19650078867
  http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19650078867_1965078867.pdf
  Updated/Added to NTRS: 2005-08-25

• Nuclear Pulse Vehicle Study Condensed Summary Report
  
  NASA Center for AeroSpace Information (CASI)
  NASA-CR-67367; GA-4891 , 19650101; JAN 1, 1965
  Accession ID: 76N70976
  Document ID: 19760065935
  http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19760065935_1976065935.pdf
  Updated/Added to NTRS: 2005-08-25
  

• Nuclear Pulse Space Vehicle Study. Volume I - Summary
  Nance, J. C.
  NASA Center for AeroSpace Information (CASI)
  NASA-CR-60655; GA-5009, VOL. I , 19640919; Sep 19, 1964
  Accession ID: 65X12297 http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19650058729_1965058729.pdf
  Document ID: 19650058729
  Updated/Added to NTRS: 2005-02-04
  
  
• Vol. 2 -- Vehicle Systems Performance and Costs
  does not seem to be available
  
  
• Nuclear Pulse Space Vehicle Study. Volume 3: Conceptual Vehicle Designs and Operational Systems
  Shipps, P. R.
  NASA Center for AeroSpace Information (CASI)
  NASA-CR-60653; GA-5009-VOL-3 , 19640919; Sep 19, 1964
  Accession ID: 77X70250
  http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19770085619_1977085619.pdf
  Document ID: 19770085619
  Updated/Added to NTRS: 2005-07-04
  
  
• Nuclear Pulse Space Vehicle Study. Volume IV - Mission Velocity Requirements and System Comparisons
  Ehricke, K. A.
  NASA Center for AeroSpace Information (CASI)
  NASA-CR-74389; GA-5009, VOL. IV , 19660228; Feb 28, 1966
  Accession ID: 66X16511
  http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19660072847_1966072847.pdf
  Document ID: 19660072847
  Updated/Added to NTRS: 2004-11-03
  
  
• Nuclear Pulse Space Vehicle Study. Volume IV - Mission Velocity Requirements and System Comparisons /Supplement/
  NASA Center for AeroSpace Information (CASI)
  NASA-CR-74388; GA-5009, VOL. IV, SUPPL. , 19660228; Feb 28, 1966
  Mission velocity and mass ratio charts for Mercury, Saturn, Earth, Venus, Jupiter, and Mars in nuclear pulse space vehicle study.
  
  Accession ID: 66X16510
  http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19660072846_1966072846.pdf
  Document ID: 19660072846
  Updated/Added to NTRS: 2004-11-03

• Nuclear Pulsed Space Propulsion Systems
  http://66.49.163.218/data/Lasl1970.pdf
  LA-4541-MS
  Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory of the University of California
  Balcomb, J.D, et al.
  October, 1970

• Index to documents from the NASA Technical Reports Server: Nuclear Propulsion and Reactors
  Hosted by klabs.org, the NASA Office of Logic Design.

• NASA Technical Reports Server search
  • NASA Johnson Technical Reports Server
  • Marshall Technical Reports Server

• National Technical Information Service (NTIS) search

• http://www.apolloarchive.com/

3.0 Pictures.

#1 10-m Orion orbiting Earth (24jun05)	#2 10-m Orion orbiting Saturn	#3 10-m Orion orbiting Mars
#4 updated 10-m Orion orbiting Mars	#4A updated 10-m Orion orbiting Mars (wireframe)
#5 10-m Orion near Phobos (added portholes; 1Jul05)	#6 updated 10-m Orion orbiting Mars
#7 Size comparison: 10-m through 40KT (4Jul05)	#8 Size comparison: 10-m through 200mt
#9 updated 10-m Orion orbiting Mars (added names and a color pattern; 4Jul05)	#10 updated 10-m Orion orbiting Mars (added logos and resized cargo)
#11 Phobos orbital insertion. updates: (10Jul05) logos space taxies scaled passenger section for 20 man crew added plasma. If you look closely, you'll realize there's been a serious misfire!	#12 Phobos orbital insertion. updates: (15Jul05) shape of Mars Excursion Vehicles number of pulse unit magazines at Mars	#20 Phobos orbital insertion. updates: (27aug06) shape of Philco Mars Excursion Modules
#13 In Phobos orbit. updated 27Aug05: structural support for cargo cannisters pusher plate retracted meteor shields extended over second stage shock absorbers.	#14 Saturn lofter & Orion (31Aug05)
#15 Apparently plasma flow would quickly damage any protrouding objects, so the outboard landers wouldn't survive long. Changing to inboard landers based on the early Philco Mars Excursion Modules. Philco MEMs. updated 3Sep05: structural supports and cannisters modified to make room for Philco AeroNutronics Mars Excursion Modules	#16 Philco MEMs. updated 4Sep05: revised Philco MEMs	#21 Beauty shot: Orion in flight. updated 1oct06: reduced polys
#17 Saturn lofter on incomplete launchpad	#18 Saturn lofter on updated launchpad added overhead crane added intermediate floors added feet & ribs to platform rotated Saturn 45 degrees	#19 Saturn lofter w/ updated launch tower major rework of launch tower (still more to do, though)
#20 Revised Orion orbiting Mars July, 2007: lots of small updates (still more to do, though) Animated using Celestia v1.5 See the 30 second video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpFEJzD-U_o

Contents

0: Introduction.
1: Web sites.
2: Documents.
3: Pictures.


Appendices.


A.1: Signature.
A.2: Admonishment.
A.3: Disclaimer.


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See also:
• ProjectOrion.com
• Selden's List of Resources for Celestia

A.0 Appendices.

A.1: Signature.

This Web page is maintained by Selden Ball at Wilson Lab.

A.2: Admonishment.

Please send any questions, comments or corrections to seb@lepp.cornell.edu
Alternatively, you can post a message (anonymously or otherwise) on Celestia's Web Forum or use its Private Message page.

If you don't tell me that something's missing, unclear or wrong, I can't improve it.

A.3: Disclaimer.

The author disclaims all liability and endorsement.
Copyrights may apply.
For details, please read the full text of his disclaimer.