Postman Pat and the Runaway Train

Singularity | Space & Science on Instagram: "Project Orion wasn’t your regular rocket idea 🚀 instead of burning fuel, it planned to use nuclear bombs for thrust. How? A giant metal plate would sit at the back of the spacecraft. Small nuclear explosions would be set off behind it, each blast pushing the plate forward and propelling the rocket into space. This method, called nuclear pulse propulsion, could theoretically reach Mars in weeks and even travel to other stars within a human lifetime. T