PROJECT ORION: THE ATOMIC SPACESHIP 1957-1965. [London]: Allen Lane The Penguin Press, [2002]. Octavo, pp. [i-x] xi [xii] xiii-xv [xvi-xviii] 1-345 [346-350: blank], illustrations, boards. First UK edition. A history of Project Orion, a study conducted in the 1950s and 1960s by the United States Air Force, DARPA, and NASA into the viability of a nuclear pulse spaceship that would be directly propelled by a series of atomic explosions, written by the son of one of the participants. A fine copy in fine dust jacket priced £12.99 on the front flap. (#177120).
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