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Project Orion: The True Story of the Atomic Spaceship
April 1, 2003, Owl Books
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Project Orion: The True Story of the Atomic Spaceship
April 2003, Tandem Library
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Project Orion: The True Story of the Atomic Spaceship
April 16, 2002, Henry Holt and Co.
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Project Orion: the true story of the atomic spaceship
2001, Henry Holt and Co.
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First Sentence
"On October 4, 1957, Earth's first artificial satellite, weighing 184 pounds, was launched."
Table of Contents
Preface.
Bel-Air
Page xiii
Chapter 1.
Sputnik
Page 1
Chapter 2.
The World Set Free
Page 10
Chapter 3.
Ulam's Demon
Page 20
Chapter 4.
General Atomic
Page 29
Chapter 5.
TRIGA
Page 39
Chapter 6.
Critical Mass
Page 47
Chapter 7.
QED
Page 58
Chapter 8.
Lew Allen's Balls
Page 67
Chapter 9.
ARPA
Page 74
Chapter 10.
Columbus
Page 86
Chapter 11.
Noah's Ark
Page 97
Chapter 12.
Free Expansion of a Gas
Page 109
Chapter 13.
Hotter Than the Sun, Cooler Than a Bomb
Page 120
Chapter 14.
C-4
Page 132
Chapter 15.
Point Loma
Page 144
Chapter 16.
Engineers' Dreams
Page 158
Chapter 17.
Coca-Cola
Page 169
Chapter 18.
Enceladus
Page 181
Chapter 19.
Deep Space Force
Page 193
Chapter 20.
Jackass Flats
Page 208
Chapter 21.
Fallout
Page 223
Chapter 22.
Huntsville
Page 238
Chapter 23.
Death of a Project
Page 254
Chapter 24.
2001
Page 270
Chapter 25.
The Sun Snairers
Page 288
Appendix.
Project Orion Technical Reports, 1957-1965
Page 299
Notes.
Notes
Page 311
Acknowledgments.
Acknowledgments
Page 329
Index.
Index
Page 331
Illustration Credits.
Illustration Credits
Page 344
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