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Podcast: Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography, & More
Episode: Project Orion
Description: In the years immediately following the end of the Second World War, several of the scientists who took part in the Manhattan Project had an explosive idea. They wondered if we could harness the incredible power of atomic bombs and put them to use for peaceful purposes. In particular, what if we could use atomic bombs to literally blast ships into space? This idea went far further than you probably think it did.Learn more about Project Orion and the quite serious idea of blasting ships into space on this episode of...